Análisis del gasto de los hogares en salud en Argentina, como componente de la cobertura universal de salud / Analysis of household expenditure on healthcare in Argentina, as a component of universal health coverage
Ciênc. Saúde Colet. (Impr.)
;
22(5): 1631-1640, maio 2017. tab
Article
in Spanish
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| ID: biblio-839958
RESUMEN
Resumen El Informe Mundial de Salud 2010 de la OMS delineó un marco conceptual para analizar los componentes de la Cobertura Universal de Salud, sugiriendo tres dimensiones cobertura del servicio, cobertura financiera y cobertura de la población. A partir de ese marco, se analizan los gastos relacionados a la salud en los hogares argentinos en el año 2012/13. Para el análisis se utilizó como fuente de datos la Encuesta Nacional de Gastos de Hogares 2012/13. Se construyeron indicadores de gasto en salud de los hogares siguiendo la propuesta de Sherri (2012) y se definieron modelos multivariados para identificar determinantes del gasto de los hogares. Los resultados evidencian que la situación de gasto catastrófico en compromete al 2,3% de los hogares del país, mientras que el empobrecimiento debido al gasto en salud se encontró en el 1,7% de los hogares.
ABSTRACT
Abstract The 2010 World Health Report of WHO established a conceptual framework for the analysis of the components of Universal Health Coverage; three dimensions were suggested services coverage, financial coverage, and population coverage. Within this framework, health-related spending of argentine households for the year 2012-2013 are analyzed. The analysis was performed on data retrieved from the National Survey of Household Expenditure 2012-2013. Household healthcare expenditure indicators were built following Sherri’s proposal (2012) and multivariate models were defined to identify determiners of household spending. Results indicate that catastrophic spending situations affect 2.3% of the country households, whereas impoverishment resulting from spending on healthcare was detected in 1.7% of them.
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Main subject:
Health Expenditures
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Universal Health Insurance
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Insurance, Health
Type of study:
Health economic evaluation
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Argentina
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Ciênc. Saúde Colet. (Impr.)
Journal subject:
Public Health
Year:
2017
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Argentina
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidad Nacional de Córdoba/AR
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