Utilización y tiempos de espera: dos vertientes inseparables del análisis de la equidad en el acceso al sistema sanitario público

  1. Abásolo Alessón, Ignacio
  2. Negrín Hernández, Miguel Angel
  3. Pinilla Domínguez, Jaime
Revista:
Hacienda Pública Española / Review of Public Economics

ISSN: 0210-1173

Año de publicación: 2014

Número: 208

Páginas: 11-38

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.7866/HPE-RPE.14.1.1 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Otras publicaciones en: Hacienda Pública Española / Review of Public Economics

Resumen

El objetivo de esta investigación consiste en analizar si existe equidad en el acceso a los servicios sanita-rios públicos por niveles socioeconómicos. se analiza conjuntamente la probabilidad de utilizar los servi-cios sanitarios y los tiempos de espera hasta ser atendidos, corrigiéndose así el sesgo de selección que sederivaría de su estudio separado, tal y como se evidencia en esta investigación. se propone una aproxima-ción bayesiana y se hace uso de la información a nivel individual sobre la utilización sanitaria, tiempos deespera, nivel socioeconómico, necesidad sanitaria y otras variables sociodemográficas contenidas en la En-cuesta nacional de salud (2006). Los resultados muestran que hay inequidad en el acceso a los serviciosespecializados y hospitalarios (tanto en utilización como en tiempos de espera) que perjudica a los nivelessocioeconómicos inferiores. En los servicios de medicina general, si bien la utilización beneficia relativa-mente más a los grupos de menor nivel socioeconómico, los tiempos de espera perjudican a los de menornivel educativo.

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