COVID-19 and Public Health Spending; Effects on Economic Sustainability of the Spanish Private Healthcare System

Valls Martínez, María del Carmen; Valls Ubeda, Rafael Félix; Soriano Román, Rafael; Santos Jaén, José Manuel

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COVID-19 and Public Health Spending; Effects on Economic Sustainability of the Spanish Private Healthcare System

dc.contributor.author	Valls Martínez, María del Carmen
dc.contributor.author	Valls Ubeda, Rafael Félix
dc.contributor.author	Soriano Román, Rafael
dc.contributor.author	Santos Jaén, José Manuel
dc.contributor.department	Economía Financiera y Contabilidad
dc.date.accessioned	2023-11-07T23:11:38Z
dc.date.available	2023-11-07T23:11:38Z
dc.date.issued	2023
dc.description	©<2023>. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This document is the Published, version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in [International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health]. To access the final edited and published work see5. [https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20021585]
dc.description.abstract	This research analyzes the influence of COVID-19 and public health spending policies on the economic sustainability of Spanish private hospitals. Moreover, it explores the relationship between public health spending policies and the spread of COVID-19 in Spain. Private health care is an understudied sector, yet it is fundamental to the health of citizens. Moreover, the economic causes linked to the spread of the pandemic have not yet been clearly established. Therefore, this work covers a gap in the literature. Private hospital profitability was analyzed by applying ordinary least squares and panel data regressions on financial and macroeconomic data for the period 2017–2020. The spread of COVID-19 was examined by means of cluster and component analysis. The results show that the COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected the economic sustainability of Spanish private hospitals, which was also influenced by public health spending. In turn, the spread of the pandemic was mainly related to population density, but was also influenced by public health spending and the gross domestic product of the region. Therefore, policymakers must consider that it is essential to make adequate investments in the healthcare system to cope with pandemics such as COVID-19. In addition, managers can see how corporate social responsibility is a valuable strategy for maintaining hospital profitability.
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dc.identifier.citation	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20021585
dc.identifier.issn	1660-4601
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10201/135426
dc.language	eng	es_ES
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dc.rights	Atribución 4.0 Internacional	*
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dc.subject	COVID-19
dc.subject	Public health spending
dc.subject	Economic sustainability
dc.subject	Private healthcare system
dc.subject	Profitability
dc.subject	Corporate social responsibility
dc.title	COVID-19 and Public Health Spending; Effects on Economic Sustainability of the Spanish Private Healthcare System	es_ES
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