Do Politics Matter In Health Policy Case Study
Do politics matter in health policy?
"Our analysis suggests that political parties with egalitarian ideologies tend to implement redistributive policies. But the connection between ideology, social class constituency, and implementation of particular policies is complex, as can be seen from the fact that, during the past 30 years, many countries governed by social democratic parties have implemented neoliberal policies...
An important finding is that the implementation of policies aimed at reducing social inequalities seems to have a salutary effect on population health, which would explain why health indicators such as infant mortality are better in countries that have been governed by pro-redistributive political parties. (5)
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In projections to 25 years, growth rate in health spending in Argentina will be half of the one expected for its group (upper-middle-income) with lower decrease in out-of-pocket spending.
The mandatory Universal Health Coverage (UHC) could be funded by the state so that "all the population" has adequate personal care by establishing a single universal primary health care (with primary care physicians, nurses and community social workers) with the possibility that the primary care physician can refer patients to a specialist outpatient clinic. Workers' health insurance would pay to the State the health spending of their associates; but they would form part of a unique and universal outpatient health care for all the population, adequate to the different necessities of the social …show more content…
The institutions should merge in only one entity, with public financing (government and workers' health insurance), and representation of the State, Workers' Unions and Consumers. This entity would manage different levels of care for hospitalized patients, modernizing and building new facilities when necessary, and providing them with full-time, adequate and well-paid staff, participating in the management of the different levels of care. Maintaining a cross-training system between different hospitals, different clinics and also between hospitals, primary care physicians and outpatient
"Our analysis suggests that political parties with egalitarian ideologies tend to implement redistributive policies. But the connection between ideology, social class constituency, and implementation of particular policies is complex, as can be seen from the fact that, during the past 30 years, many countries governed by social democratic parties have implemented neoliberal policies...
An important finding is that the implementation of policies aimed at reducing social inequalities seems to have a salutary effect on population health, which would explain why health indicators such as infant mortality are better in countries that have been governed by pro-redistributive political parties. (5)
THE RELATIONSHIP …show more content…
In projections to 25 years, growth rate in health spending in Argentina will be half of the one expected for its group (upper-middle-income) with lower decrease in out-of-pocket spending.
The mandatory Universal Health Coverage (UHC) could be funded by the state so that "all the population" has adequate personal care by establishing a single universal primary health care (with primary care physicians, nurses and community social workers) with the possibility that the primary care physician can refer patients to a specialist outpatient clinic. Workers' health insurance would pay to the State the health spending of their associates; but they would form part of a unique and universal outpatient health care for all the population, adequate to the different necessities of the social …show more content…
The institutions should merge in only one entity, with public financing (government and workers' health insurance), and representation of the State, Workers' Unions and Consumers. This entity would manage different levels of care for hospitalized patients, modernizing and building new facilities when necessary, and providing them with full-time, adequate and well-paid staff, participating in the management of the different levels of care. Maintaining a cross-training system between different hospitals, different clinics and also between hospitals, primary care physicians and outpatient