Spain Medical Insurance SYSTEMS COMPARISON DIFFERENT SYSTEMS OF EUROPEAN HEALTH Insurance

Spain Medical Insurance SYSTEMS COMPARISON DIFFERENT SYSTEMS OF EUROPEAN HEALTH Insurance

Posted by Eng.HaMeD Alanazi on Friday, December 13, 2013

Spain Medical Insurance SYSTEMS COMPARISON DIFFERENT SYSTEMS OF EUROPEAN HEALTH Insurance

When less is curious to have to start an analysis of the European health systems with this question , but the more you investigate , the more features you realize that the Spanish health system, despite much criticism , is enviable , both in services as a share of expenditure compared to the other member countries of the European Union , which does not mean that is not improved. Within the " European social model" are the main problems affecting the provision of health services by the market and the high risk of selection or

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exclusion of part of the population (especially those with chronic diseases , and of prevalent way , diabetics and the elderly) , which tend to be faced by a large public , social responsibility.

Therefore, the struggle and achievements obtained in terms of quality and coverage of the population is now a challenge and want to show danger, given the aging population, technological innovation, time to market of new products , in much cases , heal , etc. . Although these causes seem analyzed individually advantages , as are improvements in the system, which directly affect citizens , trying to sell us as threats to quality services and health systems .

National health systems of the Member States of the EU differ substantially from one another in terms of structure of territorial organization, ways of providing public services or private health and financing of these . Hence, to achieve permanent savings of public health expenditure is necessary to combine short-term cost control measures , with improvements aimed at increasing efficiency , controlling the causes of increased spending in each country. Ie , containing aspects such as systems of decentralized management, the development of primary care reforms affecting the financing system and demand management , rationalizing the use of resources, or by installing the copayment or extent of private insurance . Then each country applies the so-called cuts, what is best or not , as appropriate , to the public .

At this point we can see that Spain has always spent a percentage of their GDP lower than in France, Portugal, Switzerland, Germany , Austria or Denmark healthcare system, among others, with more of a point difference in the majority of cases . So , as we overtook , we are in the European media below countries with health care systems of poorer quality than ours and with a less universal coverage. At least so far.

Predictably , countries with higher expected spending increases in the future will be the Netherlands, Finland and France , while the more moderate , no wonder it's Greece, Italy and Portugal. So the Spanish health, despite what is said from certain sectors , is not expensive and much less free, but does have a public character.

Nevertheless, as talk of spending in the health system can give the feeling of waste, prefer to call it investment, citizens with their taxes spent on their health.

Health in Spain is of great quality and it speaks for objective data. Recall that model went to the U.S. a few months ago in their struggle to install a system of public health and universal, so the investment we make our taxes Spanish investment is better in this case than do many of our European neighbors .

Usually public health in Europe follows two main patterns :

- Social Security Systems ( Bismarck model ) : funded by compulsory social security contributions . Also called a model of public health insurance organized by health funds , among which there are often differences in service provision and access conditions.

- Systems or National Health Services (Beveridge model ) financed through taxes that provide universal coverage and individual rights of citizens, with a greater degree of fairness and a better redistributive impact .

European constitutions refer to health care as a basic responsibility of state powers and as a right of citizenship. Therefore , most countries have universal coverage , with the exception of Germany and the Netherlands , where families with higher incomes should or can opt for private insurance .

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Source : Socio- Mario Campano · Volunteer for Entre Todos Magazine July 2013

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