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The interview conducted in 1998 with Kerr L. White (1917-2014) is presented, translated into Spanish. White, an economist, epidemiologist, statistician, general physician, and health advocate, was highly critical of the separation between research, clinical practice, epidemiology, public health, and health policies. He was one of the pioneers in healthcare services research. His primary concern was society's responsibility to allocate healthcare resources in the most appropriate way to improve the health of populations. White's work critically addresses the absence of a population perspective in epidemiology applied to healthcare services and systems, and the lack of evaluation of the social and economic impact of practices. He also highlights the dehumanization of care processes. Despite being undercited in health literature, we reintroduce his figure with the aim of disseminating the relevance of his thoughts and contributions.
Se presenta la entrevista realizada en 1998 a Kerr L. White (1917-2014), traducida al español. White fue un economista, epidemiólogo, estadístico, médico general, sanitarista, muy crítico de la separación entre la investigación, la clínica, la epidemiología, la salud pública y las políticas de salud. Fue uno de los fundadores de la investigación sobre los servicios de atención médica. Su preocupación básica fue la responsabilidad de la sociedad para asignar recursos de atención médica de la manera más apropiada para mejorar la salud de las poblaciones. La producción de White señala críticamente la ausencia de una mirada poblacional en la epidemiología aplicada a servicios y sistemas de salud, y en la evaluación del impacto social y económico de las prácticas, señalando además la deshumanización de los procesos de atención y cuidado. Sus trabajos han sido poco citados en los textos del campo de la salud, por lo que recuperamos su figura con el objetivo de difundir la vigencia de su pensamiento y su obra.
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Investigación sobre Servicios de Salud , Salud Pública , Masculino , HumanosRESUMEN
RESUMEN Se presenta la entrevista realizada en 1998 a Kerr L. White (1917-2014), traducida al español. White fue un economista, epidemiólogo, estadístico, médico general, sanitarista, muy crítico de la separación entre la investigación, la clínica, la epidemiología, la salud pública y las políticas de salud. Fue uno de los fundadores de la investigación sobre los servicios de atención médica. Su preocupación básica fue la responsabilidad de la sociedad para asignar recursos de atención médica de la manera más apropiada para mejorar la salud de las poblaciones. La producción de White señala críticamente la ausencia de una mirada poblacional en la epidemiología aplicada a servicios y sistemas de salud, y en la evaluación del impacto social y económico de las prácticas, señalando además la deshumanización de los procesos de atención y cuidado. Sus trabajos han sido poco citados en los textos del campo de la salud, por lo que recuperamos su figura con el objetivo de difundir la vigencia de su pensamiento y su obra.
ABSTRACT The interview conducted in 1998 with Kerr L. White (1917-2014) is presented, translated into Spanish. White, an economist, epidemiologist, statistician, general physician, and health advocate, was highly critical of the separation between research, clinical practice, epidemiology, public health, and health policies. He was one of the pioneers in healthcare services research. His primary concern was society's responsibility to allocate healthcare resources in the most appropriate way to improve the health of populations. White's work critically addresses the absence of a population perspective in epidemiology applied to healthcare services and systems, and the lack of evaluation of the social and economic impact of practices. He also highlights the dehumanization of care processes. Despite being undercited in health literature, we reintroduce his figure with the aim of disseminating the relevance of his thoughts and contributions.
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On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Social Security Amendments of 1965 into law. With his signature he created Medicare and Medicaid, which became two of America's most enduring social programs. The signing ceremony took place in Independence, Missouri, in the presence of former President Harry S. Truman, as if to indicate that what President Truman and other Presidents before him had tried to get done had now been accomplished. Yet, for all of the appearance of continuity, the law that President Johnson approved differed in significant ways from the law that President Franklin D. Roosevelt would have passed in the thirties or President Truman would have signed in the forties. The very idea of national health insurance underwent a major transformation between the beginning of the century and 1965. Even as the passage of Medicare became assured late in 1964 and in 1965, the legislation remained fluid, with important matters related to consumer choice and the basic design of the program in constant flux.
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Medicaid/historia , Medicare/historia , Historia del Siglo XX , National Health Insurance, United States/historia , Estados UnidosRESUMEN
On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Social Security Amendments of 1965 into law. With his signature he created Medicare and Medicaid, which became two of America's most enduring social programs. The signing ceremony took place in Independence, Missouri, in the presence of former President Harry S. Truman, as if to indicate that what President Truman and other Presidents before him had tried to get done had now been accomplished. Yet, for all of the appearance of continuity, the law that President Johnson approved differed in significant ways from the law that President Franklin D. Roosevelt would have passed in the thirties or President Truman would have signed in the forties. The very idea of national health insurance underwent a major transformation between the beginning of the century and 1965. Even as the passage of Medicare became assured late in 1964 and in 1965, the legislation remained fluid, with important matters related to consumer choice and the basic design of the program in constant flux.
