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Esta investigación tiene por objeto determinar la situación actual de la oferta de servicios de salud en Colombia, identificando diferencias entre regiones, regímenes y naturaleza jurídica de los prestadores. De los 1.124 municipios del país, 45% solo cuenta con IPS públicas de baja y mediana complejidad y ofrece, en promedio, 18 de los 234 distintos servicios de salud disponibles. De hecho, 76% de los departamentos colombianos ofrece apenas entre 11 y 40 servicios. Variables como los costos de viaje, la frecuencia con que se requieren los servicios y la capacidad de los prestadores de atender las urgencias deben considerarse cuando se evalúa la relación entre la distribución de los servicios a lo largo del territorio nacional y la calidad de la atención en salud. The purpose of this paper is to determine the current status of the supply of health services in Colombia, by examining differences among regions, regimes and the legal status of providers. Of the 1,124 municipalities in Colombia, 45% only have public IPS of low and medium complexity and only provide, on average, 18 of the 234 available health services. In fact, 76% of Colombian departments offered only between 11 and 40 services. Variables such as travel costs, the fre- quency with which services are required and the ability of providers to meet emergencies, need to be considered when evaluating the relationship between the distribution of services across the country and the quality of health care.
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Karelys Guzmán Finol, 2015.
"La OFERTA de servicios de salud en Colombia, 2012 - 2013,"
Revista Economía y Región, Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar, June.
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RePEc:col:000411:018323
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