Equity in Payments for Use in the Colombian Health Insurance System

Chicaíza, Liliana; Rodríguez, Fredy; García Molina, Mario

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Equity in Payments for Use in the Colombian Health Insurance System

Revista de Economía Institucional, Vol. 8, No. 15, Second Semester 2006

21 Pages Posted: 4 Dec 2006

See all articles by Liliana Chicaíza

Liliana Chicaíza

Escuela de Administración de Empresas y Contaduría Pública

Fredy Rodríguez

Pontifical University Javeriana Inicio - Facultad de Enfermería

Mario García Molina

National University of Colombia - Department of Economics

Abstract

This paper studies the mechanism for the equity of payments for using the Colombian health system, defined as the possibility of consuming services when the need arises, regardless of the individual's resources. The incentives produced by the payment system are studied, as well as a particular case of a homogeneous population. Health services are grouped together according to type of risk, and the variations in service consumption are determined as a function of income. If the mechanism is equitable, the frequency of service use in different socioeconomic levels should be the same for pathologies and treatments with high risk and vulnerability.

Keywords: equity, insurance, joint payments, health

JEL Classification: I11, I18, D12, D63

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Chicaíza, Liliana and Rodríguez, Fredy and García Molina, Mario, Equity in Payments for Use in the Colombian Health Insurance System. Revista de Economía Institucional, Vol. 8, No. 15, Second Semester 2006, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=948723