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The effect of the exit of an insurer, due to government liquidation, on access to health care: evidence from Colombia
Our study evaluates the liquidation effect of a health insurer from a subsidized scheme, with the largest number of members in Colombia, on restrictions to future access to user care. Based on the information ...
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Open AccessUse of Cost-Effectiveness Thresholds in Healthcare Public Policy: Progress and Challenges
The article offers a comparative analysis of the influence of cost-effectiveness thresholds in the decision-making processes in financing policies, coverage, and price regulation of health technologies in nine...
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Open AccessPredictive models for health outcomes due to SARS-CoV-2, including the effect of vaccination: a systematic review
The interaction between modelers and policymakers is becoming more common due to the increase in computing speed seen in recent decades. The recent pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus was no exception. Thu...
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Open AccessDetecting unexpected growths in health technologies expenditures: the case of MIPRES in Colombia
We developed an algorithm to explore unexpected growth in the usage and costs of health technologies. We exploit data from the expenditures on technologies funded by the Colombian government under the compulso...
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Open AccessLoss ratio of the capitation payment unit of the health-promoting entities in Colombia between 2017 and 2021: a financial–actuarial approach
Because of a change of government, the Colombian Ministry of Health and Social Protection is in the process of presenting a structural reform for the General System of Social Security in Health (GSSSH), in ord...
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Open AccessStatistical actuarial estimation of the Capitation Payment Unit from copula functions and deep learning: historical comparability analysis for the Colombian health system, 2015–2021
The Capitation Payment Unit (CPU) financing mechanism constitutes more than 70% of health spending in Colombia, with a budget allocation of close to 60 trillion Colombian pesos for the year 2022 (approximately...
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Open AccessCharacterization of the population affiliated to the subsidized health insurance scheme in Colombia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Some reports suggest there are differences in health needs between the population affiliated to the subsidized health insurance scheme (SS) and those affiliated to the contributory health insurance scheme (CS)...
