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El gasto sanitario en el contexto del gasto social. Un análisis generacional de las tendencias en España en un contexto de envejecimiento demográfico. Informe SESPAS 2008 / Health expenditure in the context of social expenditure. A generational analysis of tendencies in Spain in the context of demographic aging. 2008 SESPAS Report
López Casasnovas, Guillen; Mosterín Hõpping, Ana.
Affiliation
  • López Casasnovas, Guillen; Universidad Pompeu Fabra y CRES. Barcelona. España
  • Mosterín Hõpping, Ana; Universidad Pompeu Fabra y CRES. Barcelona. España
Gac. sanit. (Barc., Ed. impr.) ; 22(supl.1): 43-52, abr. 2008. graf
Article in Spanish | IBECS | ID: ibc-62001
Responsible library: ES1.1
Localization: BNCS
RESUMEN
La tendencia del gasto social a distribuirse hacia las edadesmás avanzadas se ha advertido en varios países desarrollados.Mientras el envejecimiento de la población es unatendencia común, no es obvio por qué el cambio en los gastosexcede a la propia evolución del envejecimiento, o por quéel gasto aumenta en términos por cápita.En la primera parte del artículo mostramos que hay indicios clarosde esta tendencia en España, identificamos a los colectivosperjudicados, abordamos las políticas que afectan a esta tendencia,y proponemos ajustes basados en la regla de proporciones fijade Musgrave para una distribución intergeneracional más justa.Son las políticas relacionadas con el envejecimiento poblacional,con la inserción laboral de jóvenes y mujeres, y las estrategiasdel work-fare, junto con las más tradicionales del welfare.En la segunda parte insertamos el gasto sanitario público enel conjunto del gasto social. Adoptamos la perspectiva de quelas políticas sanitaria y social deberían ser más horizontales, menosdependientes del formato de financiación, y coordinadas con visiónintersectorial en su destino e interdepartamental en su origen.El criterio normativo de equidad pretendido debe ser explícitoy preciso. Las políticas deben asegurar coherencia entre los distintostipos de prestaciones públicas, y determinar la cuantía decomponentes de bienestar adicionales a los derivados de la rentapersonal, para compensar su desigualdad mediante prestacionespúblicas monetarias o en especie(AU)
ABSTRACT
The tendency for public welfare spending to be increasinglyaimed at the elderly has been identified in several developedcountries. While population aging is a common trend, it is notobvious why the shift in spending exceeds the trend in aging,or why per capita spending on the elderly is increasing.In the first part of the present article, we show that this trendis occurring in Spain, identify the losers from this development,discuss the policies that underlie it, and propose adjustmentsbased on Musgrave’s fixed proportions rule for fair intergenerationaldistribution. These policies aim to manage populationaging, labor market participation of youth and women,as well as public policies that combine ‘work-fare’ strategieswith the more traditional ‘welfare’ strategies.In the second part of this paper, we explore the contributionof public health expenditure to overall public social expenditure,and analyze the effect of increasing health on distributionalfairness. This analysis is guided by our perception thatsocial policy, including health policy, should be more horizontal,i.e. it should take into account the sum total of a mixed basketof resources aimed at any recipient group, to avoid the skewedallocation of resources that arises from compoundingvarious independent distributions of resources. Coordinationof the various channels of social expenditure should ensureprecisely targeted recipients and cross-departmental sources.The normative fairness criterion to be used should be preciselyspecified.In Spain (1980-2000) the oldest segment of the populationhas gained the most, appropriating an increased share of resources.This increase goes beyond the amount that could beexplained by population aging throughout the period. The ’losers’are individuals with different fragility conditions. On averagethe youngest working group has suffered the highest relativeloss(AU)
Subject(s)
Full text: Available Collection: National databases / Spain Health context: SDG3 - Target 3.8 Achieve universal access to health / Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas / SDG3 - Health and Well-Being Health problem: Financial Arrangements / Governance Arrangements / Goal 11: Inequalities and inequities in health / Goal 4: Health financing / Target 3.8 Achieve universal access to health Database: IBECS Main subject: Public Policy / Social Work / Population Dynamics / Demography / Health Expenditures / Health Equity / Basic Health Services / Health Policy Type of study: Health economic evaluation / Prognostic study Aspects: Social determinants of health / Equity and inequality Limits: Female / Humans / Male Language: Spanish Journal: Gac. sanit. (Barc., Ed. impr.) Year: 2008 Document type: Article Institution/Affiliation country: Universidad Pompeu Fabra y CRES/España
Full text: Available Collection: National databases / Spain Health context: SDG3 - Target 3.8 Achieve universal access to health / Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas / SDG3 - Health and Well-Being Health problem: Financial Arrangements / Governance Arrangements / Goal 11: Inequalities and inequities in health / Goal 4: Health financing / Target 3.8 Achieve universal access to health Database: IBECS Main subject: Public Policy / Social Work / Population Dynamics / Demography / Health Expenditures / Health Equity / Basic Health Services / Health Policy Type of study: Health economic evaluation / Prognostic study Aspects: Social determinants of health / Equity and inequality Limits: Female / Humans / Male Language: Spanish Journal: Gac. sanit. (Barc., Ed. impr.) Year: 2008 Document type: Article Institution/Affiliation country: Universidad Pompeu Fabra y CRES/España
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