2018
DOI: 10.26633/rpsp.2018.197
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Espacio fiscal para el financiamiento sostenible de los sistemas de salud y la salud universal

Abstract: RESUMEN Los artículos publicados en esta serie muestran que es posible crear espacio fiscal para la salud en los países. Para esto se requieren decisiones específicas, ya que el crecimiento económico no es suficiente para generar los recursos adicionales necesarios. Los estudios analizan la conveniencia de revisar los gastos tributarios para identificar las exenciones —en general desactualizadas y de escasos beneficios para los países—; los argumentos para aumentar los impuestos sobre productos dañi… Show more

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“…En la Región, el GBS es alto, con una deficiencia crónica de gasto público para financiar el sistema de salud, situación que tiene implicancias sobre la protección financiera ( 21 , 22 ) (véanse las figuras b1 y b2 en el material suplementario). No obstante, existen países con similares niveles de GBS que presentan diferencias en los indicadores de protección financiera.…”
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“…En la Región, el GBS es alto, con una deficiencia crónica de gasto público para financiar el sistema de salud, situación que tiene implicancias sobre la protección financiera ( 21 , 22 ) (véanse las figuras b1 y b2 en el material suplementario). No obstante, existen países con similares niveles de GBS que presentan diferencias en los indicadores de protección financiera.…”
Section: Resultsunclassified
“…Peru has had special taxes on alcohol (since 2013) and tobacco (since 2016), but these taxes are not earmarked for health; therefore, any increase does not automatically lead to improved budgets for health. 25 , 56 …”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Peru has had special taxes on alcohol (since 2013) and tobacco (since 2016), but these taxes are not earmarked for health; therefore, any increase does not automatically lead to improved budgets for health. 25,56 Lack of Motivation, Capabilities, and Information Hamper the Budget Process Four main factors hamper the current budgeting process and are relevant for other countries in similar situations: (1) lack of motivation to elaborate a technical budget because having the budget does not change anything; (2) lack of capabilities due to the lack of motivation for a public health career, the mistaken notion that medical doctors were best placed to elaborate budgets, low pay, and lack of meritocracy and contributing to not being able to argue well for resources; (3) lack of up-to-date information for the leaders to make a proper diagnosis of the system; and (4) rigidity of historical budgeting that did not allow adaptations to current needs.…”
Section: Fiscal Primacy Hampers Investments In Healthmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Countries such as Peru experimented with the Universal Coverage model. They faced several problems, such as the fragmentation of their health services, as discussed by Levino and Carvalho 12 and Pedraza et al 13 .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%