VILAR RODRÍGUEZ , Margarita

Municipal and provincial hospitals played a key role in the historical creation of the hospital system in Spain until the second half of the 20th century. Their strategic role in coverage of the poor under the 19th century charity system gradually changed with the creation of the modern hospital, located in new buildings and with innovative...

La dictadura franquista por motivos de estrategia política intentó influir en materia de seguros sociales, en especial en la cobertura de la enfermedad, en los países iberoamericanos durante las décadas de 1940 y 1950. Los resultados de esta colaboración resultaron mediocres en la práctica y produjeron pocos avances reales, al margen de la...

The hospital system is an essential part of the health coverage system in industrialized countries. Its economic importance at present is determined by its weight in public expenditure and in its role played in sectors such as the construction and health industries, as well as the employment. In Spain, its modern construction on the...

This article discusses the role of employers and their organizations in promoting or hindering social insurance schemes and, ultimately, the welfare state. Unlike most studies that center on countries in periods of democracy, this research focuses on the role of employers, and specifically employers' mutuals, in the development of the...

Este dossier reúne investigaciones que analizan algunos factores históricos condicionantes en el origen y evolución del sistema hospitalario público y privado en España. Se trata de un tema de plena actualidad en los ámbitos académicos internacionales en un contexto de pandemia provocada por el COVID-19, donde el interés por la salud pública y...

El sistema de Previsión Social que desarrolló el franquismo obedeció a una serie de objetivos políticos sociales que se tradujeron a largo plazo en un complejo y confuso sistema de Seguridad Social a finales de la dictadura. Durante el primer franquismo la población rural se benefició escasamente de los nuevos seguros sociales implantados por...

This paper analyses the roots of the creation of the Catalan hospital model, based on a preponderance of privately owned hospitals and beds over those of public provision. In particular, on the basis of new statistical and documentary sources and a review of the existing historiography, this study reinterprets the keys that shaped this...

Este trabajo persigue como principal objetivo analizar cómo se gestaron y se debatieron en el arlamento las bases del actual modelo sanitario español desde el inicio de la transición democrática hasta la aprobación de la Ley General de Sanidad en 1986. Durante este período se produjo un importante debate sobre el modelo y funcionamiento del...

Las compañías de seguros de enfermedad fueron desarrolladas en España por médicos y profesionales sanitarios, quedando fuera de los intereses de las compañías de seguros generales. Al principio, su gestión era poco profesional, con técnicas actuariales limitadas y solo representaban un pequeño porcentaje del total de las primas del negocio de...

Este trabajo pretende analizar la construcción y configuración histórica de la red de infraestructuras sanitarias en España partiendo de ámbitos muy diversos tanto público como privado. La primera parte ofrece un primer avance estadístico de las principales infraestructuras, su origen privado y público y su localización geográfica antes de la...

From the last decades of the twentieth century, above all, in the more service-oriented post-industrial economies, and in a context of debilitation of public health systems, health care became exponentially profitable, thereby attracting new types of investors. In fact, this new stage entails moving from the commercialisation of health care to...

In the first decades of this century, Spain still has a high industrial accident rate compared with other Western European countries. Within the frame-work of the most recent historiographical theses, this paper analyses the historical roots of this situation, focusing on the institutions that histori-cally managed industrial accident insurance...

The crisis of welfare states in Europe has offered a growing market share to private health insurance companies. Health insurance is currently one of the fastest growing branches of private insurance business in developed countries. However, much remains to investigate about the origin and evolution of the companies in this sector. This article...

Throughout history, healthcare, along with diet, has been an essential component of life and a country's welfare. In particular, a country's hospital system is a key indicator for analysing the level of welfare achieved by health coverage. From an economic history perspective, the study of hospital systems is relevant since they stem from...

Over the last century, Western countries have undergone a process of medicalisation and hospitalisation of childbirth. This process led to the subordination of midwives to doctors' authority and made the hospital the main focus of childbirth care, which entailed a break with the traditional formula. This article analyses the case of Spain, a...

The recession that started in the United States in December 2007 has had a significant impact on the Spanish economy through a large increase in the unemployment rate and a long recession which led to tough austerity measures imposed on public finances. Taking advantage of this quasi-natural experiment, we use data from the Spanish Ministry of...