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Financiación capitativa, articulación entre niveles asistenciales y descentralización de las organizaciones sanitarias

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  • López i Casasnovas Guillem

    (UNIVERSIDAD POMPEU FABRA)

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Este trabajo trata de sentar unas bases teóricas para abordar los cambios organizativos en nuestro sistema sanitario, teniendo en cuenta la trayectoria seguida, el escenario internacional y los cambios tecnológicos. La finalidad última del cambio organizativo es la de mejorar el estado de salud de la población, lo que requiere una mejor articulación entre niveles asistenciales. La financiación capitativa ofrece importantes ventajas para conseguir la integración entre niveles asistenciales: fomenta la longitudinalidad asistencial, permite una cierta descentralización de riesgos a proveedores sanitarios y estimula la capacidad resolutiva, la mejor aproximación clínica a la eficiencia. El trabajo muestra, sin embargo, las dificultades que deben superarse y resalta la necesidad de una estrategia gradual para su implantación. Regarding to the path dependence of the Spanish public health institutions, the international experience and the observed health technological changes, this paper tries to ground some theoretical bases for the organisational change in our health system. This is done by building the argument from the very basic public goal: the improvement of the health status of the Spanish population, that requires a better integration of health care services. To this regard, capitation in finance shows some comparative advantages: it takes an integral view for the care of the population, it allows for a better decentralisation of risks to health providers and fosters health medical effectiveness and its problem-solving capacities, the best proxy for efficiency in clinical practice. However, the paper shows some potential limitations for this purpose and the need of a gradual strategy for its implementation.

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  • López i Casasnovas Guillem, 2002. "Financiación capitativa, articulación entre niveles asistenciales y descentralización de las organizaciones sanitarias," Working Papers 201014, Fundacion BBVA / BBVA Foundation.
  • Handle: RePEc:fbb:wpaper:201014
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    Keywords

    Capitation; health care financing; integration in health care; decentralization.;
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    JEL classification:

    • H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government
    • H57 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Procurement
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health

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