The introduction of sickness insurance in Spain in the first decades of the Franco dictatorship (1939-1962)

Vilar Rodríguez, Margarita; Pons Pons, Jerònia

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The introduction of sickness insurance in Spain in the first decades of the Franco dictatorship (1939-1962)

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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2183/25595

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hks082

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2013-10

Authors

Vilar Rodríguez, Margarita

Pons Pons, Jerònia

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Vilar-Rodríguez, M., & Pons-Pons, J. (2013). The Introduction of Sickness Insurance in Spain in the First Decades of the Franco Dictatorship (1939–1962). Social History of Medicine, 26(2), 267-287. https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hks082

Abstract

[Abstract:]Using new statistical data on financing, coverage and economic and health care provisions, this article analyses how sickness insurance was introduced, managed and extended in Spain, under the Franco dictatorship, between 1939 and 1962. This article highlights how the dictatorship accelerated its implementation for political motives and this resulted in a failure of the system due to the lack of public financing and the high pharmaceutical, medical and infrastructure costs