ECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS FOR VERTICAL INTEGRATION

Autores

  • Ruben Joaquim Pinto Loureiro
  • Eduardo Fontão Mont'Alverne Brou
  • Jorge Manuel Marques Simões

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5585/rev.%20gest.%20sist..v7i3.442

Palavras-chave:

Vertical Integration, Productive Efficiency, Transaction Costs, Local Health Units, Health Care Provision., Lifestyle diseases.

Resumo

According to received economic theory, vertical integration is mainly justified with the occurrence of productive efficiencies in addition of transaction costs between production stages. The present study aims to confirm the presence of these factors in the health care sector, thus justifying the urgency of vertical integration operations of the different health care stages. It is proposed an analysis of the vertical integration efforts in the Portuguese Health Sector, that comprises an attempt to decipher the benevolence and congruence of its catalysts, solutions and results. In addition, the results obtained with international operations of vertical integration are briefly reviewed and discussed, namely the positive outcomes regarding lifestyle diseases. It is generally expected that vertical integration in the health care sector should deliver more efficient and better health care to the populations, badly needed in low-income countries.

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Biografias Autor

Ruben Joaquim Pinto Loureiro

1 Departmental Unit of Business Science, Polytechnic Institute of Tomar, Tomar, Portugal. E-mail: ruben.loureiro@ipt.pt

Eduardo Fontão Mont'Alverne Brou

2 Departmental Unit of Business Science, Polytechnic Institute of Tomar, Tomar, Portugal. E-mail: ebrou@ipt.pt Jorge Manuel Marques Simões

Jorge Manuel Marques Simões

3 Departmental Unit of Business Science, Polytechnic Institute of Tomar, Tomar, Portugal. E-mail: jorgesimoes@ipt.pt

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Publicado

2018-12-11

Como Citar

Loureiro, R. J. P., Brou, E. F. M., & Simões, J. M. M. (2018). ECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS FOR VERTICAL INTEGRATION. Revista De Gestão Em Sistemas De Saúde, 7(3), 315–329. https://doi.org/10.5585/rev. gest. sist.v7i3.442