The determinants of the health status in a developing country: results from the Colombian case


Autoria(s): Ramírez Gómez, Manuel; Juan Miguel, Gallego; Sepulveda, Carlos E.
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2004

Resumo

El artículo busca encontrar evidencia empírica de los determinantes de la salud, como una medición de capital salud en un país en desarrollo después de una profunda reforma en el sector salud. Siguiendo el modelo de Grossman (1972) y tomando factores institucionales, además de las variables individuales y socioeconómicas. Se usaron las encuestas de 1997 y 2000 donde se responde subjetivamente sobre el estado de salud y tipo de afiliación al sistema de salud. El proceso de estimación usado es un probit ordenado. Los resultados muestran una importante conexión entre las variables individuales, institucionales y socioeconómicas con el estado de salud. El efecto de tipo de acceso al sistema de salud presiona las inequidades en salud.

This paper tries to find empirical evidence of the health determinants, as a measure of health capital in a developing country after a deep reform of its health-care sector. It follows the Grossman model (1972) and also takes, besides individual and socioeconomic variables, institutional factors of the health sector. Two surveys from 1997 and 2000 in Colombia, with a subjective (self-report) health status of the individuals, and information about the health system affiliation type, were used. The estimation method is an order probit model. At the end, the results show an important connection between individual, institutional and socioeconomic variables with the health status of a person in Colombia. The effect of the type of access to medical care strengths the inequities in health outcome.

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Serie documentos de trabajo. Economía, N. 41

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Ramírez Gómez, M., Juan Miguel, G., & Sepúlveda Rico, C. E. (2004). The determinants of the health status in a developing country: results from the Colombian case. Bogotá: Universidad del Rosario, Facultad de Economía.

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Palavras-Chave #Salud -- Aspectos socioeconómicos #Países en vías de desarrollo #Economía médica #Atención médica #Salud -- Demanda (Teoría económica) #Modelo Grossman #Estimación Probit #Salud -- Oferta y demanda #Salud -- Producción #362.109861 #Demand for health #Health production #Developing countries #Probit estimations
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