title: [Relationship between ideology and efficiency of health care systems. Notes on the reform of the Spanish health care system].
abstract: This paper explores the relation between ideology and efficiency of the health care systems. In order to achieve this goal, this study: analyzes the relation between ideology and health care system organization, defines the concept of health care system efficiency, and reviews the relation between health care organization and efficiency. The last part of the paper is devoted to discuss the relevance of the conclusions of the above mentioned analyses to the debate on the reform of the Spanish National Health Care System.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Elola
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nieto
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sunyer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Daponte
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D019049:Developed Countries; D004526:Efficiency; D005060:Europe; D018166:Health Care Reform; D011056:Political Systems; D011057:Politics; D012943:Social Security; D013030:Spain
vernacular_title: La relación entre ideología y eficiencia de los sistemas sanitarios. Unas notas de cara a la reforma del sistema sanitario español.