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Vol. 10. Issue 55.
Pages 191-196 (July - August 1996)
Vol. 10. Issue 55.
Pages 191-196 (July - August 1996)
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La Relación Entre Ideología y Eficiencia de los Sistemas Sanitarios. Unas notas de cara a la Reforma del Sistema Sanitario Español
Relation Between Ideology and Efficiency of Health Care Systems. Some notes to the Reform of the Spanish National Health Care System
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Javier Elola1,2,*, Javier Nieto3, Jordi Sunyer3,4, Antonio Daponte1
1 Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
2 Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, Madrid
3 Department of Epidemiology, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
4 IMIM, Universität Autönoma de Barcelona
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El presente trabajo explora la relación entre ideología y sistema sanitario. Para ello: analiza la relación entre ideología y organización del sistema sanitario, define el concepto de eficiencia de un sistema sanitario, y revisa la relación entre organización y eficiencia de los sistemas sanitarios. A partir de ello, el trabajo resume las conclusiones relevantes de cara al debate sobre la reforma del Sistema Nacional de Salud.

Palabras clave:
Sistema sanitario
Ideología
Organización
Eficiencia
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This paper explores the relation between ideology and efficiency of the health care systems. In orderto achieve this goal, this study: analyzes the relation between ideology and health care system organization, defines the concept of health care system efficiency,and reviews the relation between health care organization and efficiency. The last part of the paper is devoted to discuss the relevance of the conclusions of the above mentioned analyses to the debate on the reform of the Spanish National Health Care System.

Key words:
Health care system
Ideology
Organization
Efficiency
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