Spanish Abstract: En este documento se proponen tres metodologías de cálculo del gasto de bolsillo en salud con base en la Encuesta Nacional de Calidad de Vida de Colombia. Los resultados muestran que no importando la definición usada el gasto de bolsillo en salud para Colombia presentó una...

The incidence of young Latino children obesity is a public health concern. Among 5-year-olds, 16% of Latinos are obese compared with 10% of whites. Obesity disparities between non-Latino white and Latino children increase significantly with age. The purpose of this study is to examine the...

The fiscal situation in Colombia has been deteriorating over recent years, as seen in various fiscal indicators. Among the policy actions that can be made to avoid making the situation worse, is the increase of tax collections and thus generate an increase in revenue for the nation. Using a...

Spanish Abstract: Este documento presenta las estadísticas comparadas del sistema de salud de Colombia frente a los países miembros de la Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo. Los datos usados provienen de la publicación OECD Health Statistics 2016 que contiene la información...

Spanish Abstract: A nivel mundial existen diversas Organizaciones no Gubernamentales que tienen como propósito principal el beneficio social. Sus acciones están orientadas a prestar servicios a población vulnerable donde el gobierno tiene responsabilidad constitucional pero no lo hace. Este...

Spanish abstract: Este documento resume los principales marcos conceptuales de rendición de cuentas aplicados de manera directa o indirecta en el sector salud. Inicia con tres marcos conceptuales generales derivados de la literatura en administración pública, para luego describir modelos de...

Tax incentives have traditionally been used as a tool by public policy makers in order to correct or reduce market failures. However, there is a widespread debate, in the international literature, about whether they can or not reaching this goal. In this paper, we propose a methodology to assess...

Overall, the investment projects of Plan Colombia in its program Alternative Development as evaluated in this work, which are equivalent to a foreign capital inflow of US$ 1164.5 million (for about 4 years) may increase GDP by about 1.2 percentage points, and lead to an increase in employment of...

Underweight and obesity are associated with adverse health outcomes throughout the life course. We estimated the individual and combined prevalence of underweight or thinness and obesity, and their changes, from 1990 to 2022 for adults and school-aged children and adolescents in 200 countries...

Defining optimal capital requirements for health insurers is a matter of interest for policy-makers. They determine the insolvency probability of health insurers and the minimum number of enrolees in order to keep insolvency under control. In this paper we develop a methodology for estimating...