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Will austerity cuts dismantle the Spanish healthcare system?

Laura OteroCarlos ÁLvarez-dardetDaniel La ParraJose M. Martin-morenoMartin MckeeHelena Legido-quigley

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Health Care RationingAusteritybusiness.industryEconomic policymedia_common.quotation_subjectMEDLINESpanish healthcare systemFace (sociological concept)General MedicineRecessionReformsEconomic RecessionAusteritySpainHealthMedicina Preventiva y Salud PúblicaHumansMedicinebusinessDelivery of Health CareSociologíamedia_commonHealthcare system

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In the face of austerity, a series of disconnected “reforms” could, without corrective measures, lead to the effective dismantling of large parts of the Spanish healthcare system, with potentially detrimental effects on health. Helena Legido-Quigley and colleagues explain.

https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/989756/1/bmj.f2363.full.pdf