Amaia Bacigalupe1, Unai Martín2, Raquel Font3, Yolanda González-Rábago2, Noemi Bergantiños4. 1. Departamento de Sociología 2, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, Leioa, Bizkaia, España; Grupo de Investigación en Determinantes Sociales de la Salud y Cambio Demográfico-OPIK, Leoia, Bizkaia, España. Electronic address: amaia.bacigalupe@ehu.eus. 2. Departamento de Sociología 2, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, Leioa, Bizkaia, España; Grupo de Investigación en Determinantes Sociales de la Salud y Cambio Demográfico-OPIK, Leoia, Bizkaia, España. 3. Departamento de Sociología 2, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, Leioa, Bizkaia, España. 4. Departamento de Sociología y Trabajo Social, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, Vitoria-Gasteiz, España.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To analyse the differences between autonomous communities in Spain according to their policies of austerity and healthcare privatization during the economic crisis. METHODS: Changes in the application of legal reforms, healthcare privatization and healthcare financing/resources in the autonomous communities were analysed, and a summary indicator of each dimension was constructed. RESULTS: The Basque Country showed the clearest behaviour towards a weak policy of austerity and privatization, as opposed to La Rioja, Madrid, and the Balearic Islands. CONCLUSIONS: The three classifications will enable analysis of the mediating effect of policies of austerity and privatization in the relationship between the economic crisis and health in the Spanish context.
OBJECTIVE: To analyse the differences between autonomous communities in Spain according to their policies of austerity and healthcare privatization during the economic crisis. METHODS: Changes in the application of legal reforms, healthcare privatization and healthcare financing/resources in the autonomous communities were analysed, and a summary indicator of each dimension was constructed. RESULTS: The Basque Country showed the clearest behaviour towards a weak policy of austerity and privatization, as opposed to La Rioja, Madrid, and the Balearic Islands. CONCLUSIONS: The three classifications will enable analysis of the mediating effect of policies of austerity and privatization in the relationship between the economic crisis and health in the Spanish context.
Authors: Montserrat Pulido-Fuentes; Luisa Abad González; Isaac Aranda Reneo; Carmen Cipriano-Crespo; Juan Antonio Flores-Martos; Ana Palmar Santos Journal: BMC Health Serv Res Date: 2022-05-17 Impact factor: 2.908