title: [Antecedents of the Catalan health model].
abstract: The Catalan healthcare model is a particular way of addressing public health contingencies of the population as a whole, based on an organizational tradition that brings together stakeholders, such as the civil society, local government, the church, mutual care societies, public and private foundations, which for centuries have worked in coordination and complemented each other to provide quality public healthcare, far and beyond merely catering to the poor or those passing through. This model is based on a selfless, public spirited concept of society, achieved through a vocation to form social agreements, preserved in Catalan civil law. During the 3 periods of self-government Catalonia has enjoyed throughout the twentieth century, it has adapted to the economic, social, and scientific conditions, which define modern society, without sacrificing its fundamental features, thereby achieving a remarkable level of efficiency together with significant social consensus.
authors.affiliation: Unitat d'Història i Ètica Mèdica, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, España. Electronic address: sabate@ub.edu.
authors.forename: Ferran
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sabaté i Casellas
mesh_terms: D006291:Health Policy / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration; D011634:Public Health / Q000266:history*; D013030:Spain
keywords: Catalan health model; Catalonia; Cataluña; Cooperación sanitaria público-privada; Historia de la medicina; History of medicine; Modelo sanitario catalán; Public-private health sector cooperation; Publicly-funded health system; Sistema de salud público