Colombia Health Care System

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The purpose of this research is to answer the following question: What is the main cause of the problems within Colombia’s Health Care System? The Health Care System in Colombia has had in incredible improvement over the years, both in quality and coverage. However, the system is not perfect and has flaws. The most serious problem is the fiscal gap that the system has; there is not enough money to pay for the health of all citizens. The goal of this research paper is to understand and identify the main causes of the fiscal gap the system has and propose solutions to it. But to understand the problem, it is necessary to understand how the system works first. In order to understand how it works it is essential to identify it´s economic agents, …show more content…

Also, there are private services, in which people that have the means to pay for all their medical needs simply go into a hospital or doctor’s office and pay for the service they are receiving. The Health Care System in Colombia is a clear example of a Welfare State policy as it intends to provide the basic substantial services citizens need in order to achieve well being. Health Care is essential for citizens as it enssures well being and therefore, a more productive and stable society. Colombia has had an enormous improvement in both quality and coverage of health throughout the country. “Como resultado de la unificación del POS y de las normatividades establecidas en los últimos años, aumentó la cobertura casi al 100% de la población, acompañada de una mejora en la calidad, puesto que se incrementó el acceso a tratamientos y procedimientos con mayor tecnología” (Olaya). [As a result of the unification of the POS and the established rules in the past years, coverage has increased almost to 100% of the population, accompanied with better quality, due to the increase in access to treatments and procedures with better technology]. These new rules and structures have been implemented since 1993 and because of them, along other measures, both coverage and quality have been increasing over the

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