TY  - JOUR 
TI  - Traslados entre eps en Colombia: ¿Qué dicen las historias laborales de cotizantes en cinco ciudades del país?
PB  - Universidad Javeriana
PY  - 2016
issn 1657-7027
AB  - Insurers (hmos) argue that there is no incentive to invest in prevention activities because members can easily
move to another insurance company. At the same time freedom to choose hmos is a key accountability
mechanism of the Colombian Health System because citizens can leave low-quality insurers and enroll in
high-quality insurers. This paper quantifies the size of the rate of transfers between hmos in the country
to shed light on this debate. This study used publicly available information on affiliation histories to the
health system for the last 14 years (2001-2014) for a random sample of adults between 40 and 50 in five
different capital cities. The rate of enrollee transfers within a continuous enrollment period between hmo
was estimated. Results showed that 56 % of enrollees had four or more enrollment periods; within the same
enrollment period at least 54 % of enrollees did not transfer between hmo; in a year less than 6 % decided
to transfer; there was a weak correlation between transfers and hmo service quality indicators.
KW  - Sistemas de salud - Colombia
KW  - Comportamiento del consumidor
KW  - Historias laborales
KW  - Seguros de salud
KW  - Ciencias socio biomédicas
KW  - Medical sciences
KW  - Traslado entre EPS
UR  - http://repository.icesi.edu.co/biblioteca_digital/handle/10906/82699
ER  -