[Healthcare and the sustainability of the public health system].

نویسندگان

  • José Luis Gutiérrez-Sequera
  • Natalia Serrano-Ortega
چکیده

Aunque la sostenibilidad del sistema siempre ha estado presente en los escenarios de debate de la política sanitaria, qué duda cabe de que la crisis financiera de finales de la primera década del siglo xxi y principios de la segunda ha añadido intensidad y polarización a la discusión. La crisis ha añadido evidentes artefactos exógenos a las cuestiones endógenas relativas a la preocupación por la sostenibilidad y derivadas del desarrollo exponencial de unas tecnologías sanitarias cada vez más costosas, y que marginalmente cada vez aportaban menos valor clínico respecto a la versión precedente. El ya clásico artículo de Fuchs de 2004 introdujo el concepto «flat of the curve» que cobra más relevancia que nunca ante la situación de necesidad generada por la crisis financiera. Desde el estallido de la crisis, tanto a nivel central como autonómico, el Sistema Nacional de Salud ha puesto en marcha numerosas medidas excepcionales de ajuste tendentes a la adecuación presupuestaria y la contención del gasto público en sanidad. Algunas relativas al espectro del medicamento, otras relativas al régimen retributivo y de condiciones laborales de los profesionales, diversos copagos y otras tendentes a conseguir mejores precios en los diferentes recursos consumidos por el sistema, por citar algunas de ellas. José R. Repullo recoge en el informe SESPAS para

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Enfermeria clinica

دوره 24 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014