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Vol. 8. Issue 44.
Pages 248-250 (September - October 1994)
Vol. 8. Issue 44.
Pages 248-250 (September - October 1994)
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¿Crisis de la Sanidad o Crisis de la Medicina?
Health Crisis or the Crisis of Medicine?
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Julio López Bastida*
M.Sc. Aston Business School. London School of Economics
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Se compara la existencia de una crisis de la medicina (caracterizada por la falta de mecanismos de evaluación de resultados de los tratamientos médicos y sus alternativas sanitarias) con una crisis de la sanidad (caracterizada por la existencia de determinantes en la salud fuera del campo de los servicios sanitarios y el aumento de la demanda sanitaria) y la necesidad de buscar soluciones adecuadas para resolverlas. Para ello se examinan diversos apartados. Primero, se buscan ideas en el libre mercado. Segundo, se realizan diversas consideraciones sobre las “Organizaciones de Mantenimiento de la Salud” (HMOs) en los EEUU, así como de sus limitaciones. Tercero, se estudian las propuestas radicales de cambio en España, Holanda y el Reino Unido, con los problemas que pueden traer consigo la competencia, haciendo especial énfasis en las dificultades existentes en la reforma británica y las lecciones a tomar en cuenta para el caso español. Finalmente, el autor extrae algunas conclusiones señalando la necesidad de utilizar más eficazmente los recursos y de escoger las prioridades en salud.

Palabras clave:
Evaluación
Tecnología médica
Resultados
Mercado
Competencia
Prioridades
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The paper compares the existence of a crisis of medicine (characterised by a lack of assessment mechanisms of the medical treatment outcomes and their health alternatives) with a health crisis (characterised by the existence of health's determinants outside the health service area and the increase in the health demand) and the need to search for adequate solutions in order to solve them. We approach the problem from different standpoints. First, we search for ideas in the free market. Second, we propose several considerations on the “Health Maintenance Organisation” (HMOs) in the USA as well as on their limitations. Third, we study the radical proposals of change in Spain, Holland and the United Kingdom with the problems that competition can bring about, emphasizing the current difficulties in the British reforms and the lessons to consider from the Spanish case. Finally, the author concludes by pointing out the need for a more efficient use of resources and a better choice of priorities in Health.

Key words:
Evaluation
Medical technology
Outcomes
Market
Competition
Priorities
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