Is it a financial or a management crisis? Evolution of the health sector from the perspective of territorial entities

The problems of the health sector in the territorial entities have mainlybeen seen from a financial perspective. Thus, efficiency problems havebeen treated with fiscal and financial measures. This article presents the financialsituation of the health sector from the territorial entities perspective,...

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Tipo de recurso:
http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6927
Fecha de publicación:
2016
Institución:
Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
Repositorio:
RiUPTC: Repositorio Institucional UPTC
Idioma:
spa
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.uptc.edu.co:001/11939
Acceso en línea:
https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/cenes/article/view/4151
https://repositorio.uptc.edu.co/handle/001/11939
Palabra clave:
health
territorial entities
crisis
management.
salud
entidades territoriales
crisis
gestión.
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Copyright (c) 2016 Andrés Camilo Santos Ospina, Mario García Molina, Liliana Chicaíza Becerra
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Summary:The problems of the health sector in the territorial entities have mainlybeen seen from a financial perspective. Thus, efficiency problems havebeen treated with fiscal and financial measures. This article presents the financialsituation of the health sector from the territorial entities perspective,which includes the study of regulation and the main financial factsbetween 2010 and 2014. In the last years local health funds have had a financialsurplus, which suggests that public policy should transcend the financialissue and concentrate on strengthening institutional and managementtools to improve health results.