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Isaac Newton decía "What we know is a drop of water, what we don´t know is an ocean".


lunes, 8 de diciembre de 2014

HEALTH CHECK: The NHS and Market Reforms. IEA Discussion Paper no.54.

http://www.iea.org.uk/sites/default/files/publications/files/DP_Health%20Check_web.pdf

Kristian Niemietz. 
October 2014. 

Institute of Economic Affairs. 


"Competition is a discovery process. Competition puts different organisational models and work practices to the test, and enables us to discover what works best in which circumstances. The main benefit of competition is not that it makes us ‘work harder’. The main benefit of competition is that it creates knowledge about what is most effective and meets the needs and wishes of patients. 

We discover where co-operation should take the form of a loose network of independent actors, and where it should take the form of more rigid contractual relationships. Through competition, suppliers find out in what areas consumers want a broad range of choice at the point of buying (such as in a supermarket), and where they prefer a specialist purchaser to make a pre-selection for them (such as in a speciality store). Competition is the ultimate field test for different ideas about ‘what works’, and the fastest way to weed out bad practice.

It is a popular claim that healthcare cannot be left to market forces because it is ‘too complex’. The exact opposite is true. If healthcare were a simple matter, the question of whether it should be provided by a public sector monopoly or a competitive process would be far less important. It is not despite, but precisely because of the fact that healthcare is so complex, and our knowledge of it so limited, that we stand to benefit hugely from deploying the knowledge- creation machine that is competition. "



sábado, 6 de diciembre de 2014

Most Asia/Pacific countries need to improve affordable access to healthcare, says OECD

HEALTH AT a Glance 2014. Asia-Pacific countries

http://www.oecd.org/els/health-systems/asia-pacific-countries-need-to-improve-affordable-access-to-healthcare.htm

House tenure among the over-65s.

Pensions at a Glance 2013. 

However living standards in old-age are also influenced by other resources. The elderly often own their houses. Older owner occupiers have generally paid off their mortgages, and so face much lower housing costs than people paying rent. Including the monetary benefit that people have from living in their own homes (the so called "imputed rent") increases disposable income of the elderly and contributes to the reduction of old-age poverty. In Spain, adding imputed rent reduces old-age poverty rates by more than half and increases disposable income by around 30%. This is the highest value observed in OECD countries. 



Una panorámica de la Unión Bancaria Europea. David Vergara

"Los costes directos e indirectos de la crisis financiera para los contribuyentes europeos han sido muy elevados y la necesidad de contar con mecanismos que en el futuro limitarán la participación del sector público en la resolución o liquidación de entidades bancarias fue pronto identificada como uno de los objetivos fundamentales de los cambios regulatorios. "

http://www.bde.es/f/webbde/GAP/Secciones/Publicaciones/InformesBoletinesRevistas/RevistaEstabilidadFinanciera/14/Noviembre/Fic/restfin2014271.pdf


Health at a Glance. Europe 2014.