Authors,Title,Year,Link,Abstract,Keywords,Publisher,Pubplace,Language,Document Type "Traslados entre eps en Colombia: ¿Qué dicen las historias laborales de cotizantes en cinco ciudades del país?",2016,"http://repository.icesi.edu.co/biblioteca_digital/handle/10906/82699","Insurers (hmos) argue that there is no incentive to invest in prevention activities because members can easilymove to another insurance company. At the same time freedom to choose hmos is a key accountabilitymechanism of the Colombian Health System because citizens can leave low-quality insurers and enroll inhigh-quality insurers. This paper quantifies the size of the rate of transfers between hmos in the countryto shed light on this debate. This study used publicly available information on affiliation histories to thehealth system for the last 14 years (2001-2014) for a random sample of adults between 40 and 50 in fivedifferent capital cities. The rate of enrollee transfers within a continuous enrollment period between hmowas estimated. Results showed that 56 % of enrollees had four or more enrollment periods; within the sameenrollment period at least 54 % of enrollees did not transfer between hmo; in a year less than 6 % decidedto transfer; there was a weak correlation between transfers and hmo service quality indicators.","Sistemas de salud - Colombia,Comportamiento del consumidor,Historias laborales,Seguros de salud,Ciencias socio biomédicas,Medical sciences,Traslado entre EPS","Universidad Javeriana","spa","info:eu-repo/semantics/article",