Salud y Regímenes Políticos: ¿Presidencialismo o Parlamentarismo para Colombia?

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Abstract

Objective: Changing the presidential regime for a parliamentarian one is currently being discussed in Colombia. This preliminary study explores the potential effects on health of both presidential and parliamentary regimes by using world-wide data. Material and methods: An ecological study was undertaken using countries from which comparable information concerning life-expectancy at birth, political regime, economic development, inequality in income, social capital (as measured by general-ised trust or Corruption Perceptions Index), political rights, civil freedom and cultural diversity could be obtained. Life-expectancy at birth and macro-determinants were compared between both political regimes. The co-relationship between these macro-determinants was estimated and the relationship between political regimen and life-expectancy at birth was estimated using robust regression. Results: Crude analysis revealed that parliamentary countries have greater life-expectancy at birth than countries having a presidential regime. Significant corelationships between all macro-determinants were observed. No differential effects were observed between both political regimes regarding life-expectancy at birth in multiple robust regressions. Discussion: There is no evidence that presidential or parliamentary regimes provide greater levels of health for the population. It is suggested that public health policies be focused on other macro-determinants having more known effects on health, such as income inequality.

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Idrovo, A. J. (2007). Salud y Regímenes Políticos: ¿Presidencialismo o Parlamentarismo para Colombia? Revista de Salud Pública, 9(2), 205–214. https://doi.org/10.1590/s0124-00642007000200005

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