The head of the Superintendence Health and Occupational Risks (SISALRIL), Miguel Ceara HattonHe assured that, every year, Dominican households allocate more than 50 % of their income to health expenses, so it sees urgently seek an immediate solution to this situation.
“We have to find a new balance financial and social between health as law and health as merchandise, to allocate the resources where it is truly needed to prioritize that it is in the well -being of the people. It is a reality that should not be postponed, “said Ceara Hatton by specifying that the level of spent In population health it would not currently be sustainable over time.
According to figures from Bank Centralfrom the survey of Health 2022 (Ensa 2022), a home spent some RD $ 4,208 in health goods and services, which represents 18.3 % of the average income of that home (22,977 pesos). In annual values, households spent 181,428 million pesos (3,240 million dollars), representing 2.9 % of the gross domestic product (GDP).
The eldest spent of the families Dominican It is in pharmaceutical products, with a spent In health goods and services of 55.3 %, representing about 100,270 million pesos, equivalent to approximately 1,790 million dollars or 1.6 % of GDP.
Reduce the spent of pocket
Through a press release, the SISALRIL He assured that it is proposed to contribute to the analysis of the impact of the medications in the Republic Dominican, with the objective of formulating proposals that benefit the population to reduce their spent of pocket.
As part of the work plan, Ceara Hatton held a meeting with representatives of Pharmaceutical Benefits Management companies, who expressed their willingness to share their databases for analysis.
The Superintendent said that “the system It must be so much financially sustainable as socially equitable “, so he considers that the challenge is to find the balance necessary to guarantee the health rights of the population.
