Post by account_disabled on Mar 12, 2024 23:48:37 GMT -5
The health system in the Community of Madrid is in a very precarious situation that has exploded with the pandemic. This is not an unexpected situation but rather the result of the PP's policies for many years, from health transfers, always aimed at deteriorating the public sector and favoring the private sector, seeking a transition from the public service model to another neoliberal one that advances. in continuous steps, with greater or lesser speed depending on the moment, towards a system similar to that of the United States in which provision and insurance progressively remain in private hands. Below we are going to point out some key aspects of the current situation of the health system in the Community. Financing and spending The Community of Madrid.
Has been at the bottom for years in terms of health spending and budget per capita. In , the last known data on liquidated expenditure, it occupied the penultimate place among the Autonomous Communities in terms of health expenditure per capita, and in 2020 the last in budget allocated to health per inhabitant, a situation AOL Email List that is maintained in 2021 with an extended budget. , which means that per inhabitant and year, €376.3 is allocated below the average of the Autonomous Communities and below the autonomous community that spends the most per inhabitant. This underfinancing is transferred to all sections, but especially to what relates to investments and Primary Care (PC) , to which the budgets dedicate the lowest percentage of all the Autonomous Communities and subsequent budgets). On the other hand, the Community of Madrid is the one that dedicates the least to Health in percentage.
Compared to of the total) and the one that has the least tax collection in transferred taxes (between and 2019 it stopped collecting million, %of this uncollected amount would have made it possible to standardize health spending per inhabitant in Madrid in this period with the average of the Autonomous Communities). In other words, we are not facing an inevitable situation due to the lack of economic resources but rather an intentionally sought underfinancing. Resources and activity Human resources in AP in Madrid are insufficient. The number of Individual Health Cards per professional is above average in all categories and the situation is continually worsening. In 2018 there were 2,021 TSI per nursing professional, per family medicine professional, per pediatrician and per administrative professional, compared to 1,508, 1,581, 1,044 and 2,922 respectively in the total of the Autonomous Communities.
Has been at the bottom for years in terms of health spending and budget per capita. In , the last known data on liquidated expenditure, it occupied the penultimate place among the Autonomous Communities in terms of health expenditure per capita, and in 2020 the last in budget allocated to health per inhabitant, a situation AOL Email List that is maintained in 2021 with an extended budget. , which means that per inhabitant and year, €376.3 is allocated below the average of the Autonomous Communities and below the autonomous community that spends the most per inhabitant. This underfinancing is transferred to all sections, but especially to what relates to investments and Primary Care (PC) , to which the budgets dedicate the lowest percentage of all the Autonomous Communities and subsequent budgets). On the other hand, the Community of Madrid is the one that dedicates the least to Health in percentage.
Compared to of the total) and the one that has the least tax collection in transferred taxes (between and 2019 it stopped collecting million, %of this uncollected amount would have made it possible to standardize health spending per inhabitant in Madrid in this period with the average of the Autonomous Communities). In other words, we are not facing an inevitable situation due to the lack of economic resources but rather an intentionally sought underfinancing. Resources and activity Human resources in AP in Madrid are insufficient. The number of Individual Health Cards per professional is above average in all categories and the situation is continually worsening. In 2018 there were 2,021 TSI per nursing professional, per family medicine professional, per pediatrician and per administrative professional, compared to 1,508, 1,581, 1,044 and 2,922 respectively in the total of the Autonomous Communities.