The impact of Economics on health policy and management in Spain

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• dc.contributor.author Ortún Rubio, Vicente
• dc.contributor.author Meneu, Ricardo
• dc.contributor.other Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament d'Economia i Empresa
• dc.date.accessioned 2020-05-25T09:27:01Z
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• dc.date.issued 2006-10-01
• dc.date.modified 2020-05-25T09:21:29Z
• dc.description.abstract Background Despite the intrinsic value of scientific disciplines, such as Economics, it is appropriate to gauge the impact of its applications on social welfare, or at least Health Economics (HE) case- its influence on health policy and management. Methods The three relevant features of knowledge (production, diffusion and application) are analyzed, more from an emic perspective the one used in Anthropology relying on the experience of the members of a culture- than from an etic approach seated on material descriptions and dubious statistics. Results The soundness of the principles and results of HE depends on its disciplinary foundations, whereas its relevance than does not imply translation into practice- is more linked with the problems studied. Important contributions from Economics to the health sphere are recorded. HE in Spain ranks seventh in the world despite the relatively minor HE contents of its clinical and health services research journals. HE has in Spain more presence than influence, having failed to impregnate sufficiently the daily events. Conclusions HE knowledge required by a politician, a health manager or a clinician is rather limited; the main impact of HE could be to develop their intuition and awareness.
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• dc.identifier https://econ-papers.upf.edu/ca/paper.php?id=978
• dc.identifier.citation Revista Española de Salud Pública 2006; 80(5): 479-92
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/730
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.relation.ispartofseries Economics and Business Working Papers Series; 978
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• dc.subject.keyword Health economics
• dc.subject.keyword Health policy and management
• dc.subject.keyword Spain
• dc.subject.keyword Labour, Public, Development and Health Economics
• dc.title The impact of Economics on health policy and management in Spain
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