Evolution of GPD and its impact on the pharmaceutical sector of Ecuador (2007- 2016)

In the last decade there has been an increase in Ecuador’s GDP observed, despite the economic slowdown in 2015 and 2016. Likewise, there has been an increase in spending on health, especially in the public sector, supported by the legislative framework of Ecuador. The objective of the article is to...

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Autores: Pérez-Rico, Cristina, Fernández-García, Carlos, Méndez-Rojas, Vicente, Méndez-Rojas, Paola, Fernández, Angie
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Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
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Palavra-chave:pharmaceuticals
GDP
healthcare expenditures
economy
economic cycles
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spelling Evolution of GPD and its impact on the pharmaceutical sector of Ecuador (2007- 2016)Pérez-Rico, CristinaFernández-García, CarlosMéndez-Rojas, VicenteMéndez-Rojas, PaolaFernández, AngiepharmaceuticalsGDPhealthcare expenditureseconomyeconomic cyclesIn the last decade there has been an increase in Ecuador’s GDP observed, despite the economic slowdown in 2015 and 2016. Likewise, there has been an increase in spending on health, especially in the public sector, supported by the legislative framework of Ecuador. The objective of the article is to determine the relationship between GDP and healthcare expenditures, both public and private, and also the the income and profits of the pharmaceutical industry. In addition, we intends to check whether the changes taking place in this Latin American country have had any effect on the degree of concentration in this sector, traditionally oligopolistic. The data were collected from government agencies. The processing of the collected information was carried out with the use of SPSS. In the course of these statistical analyses we have found evidence of the strong relationship between GDP and healthcare spending, both public and private, in connection with the performance of the pharmaceutical companies. Dominance of the oligopolistic features was corroborated, despite the evidences of the concentration decrease in the last ten years (2007-2016). The empirical study of the sample has demonstrated there is a strong relation of GDP with the income and profits of the pharmaceutical sector, as well as with health spending in general, among other results.Centre of Sociological Research202320232018info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10115/28089reponame:BURJC-Digital. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlosinstname:Universidad Rey Juan CarlosInglésAtribución 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:burjcdigital.urjc.es:10115/280892026-06-24T12:48:17Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Evolution of GPD and its impact on the pharmaceutical sector of Ecuador (2007- 2016)
title Evolution of GPD and its impact on the pharmaceutical sector of Ecuador (2007- 2016)
spellingShingle Evolution of GPD and its impact on the pharmaceutical sector of Ecuador (2007- 2016)
Pérez-Rico, Cristina
pharmaceuticals
GDP
healthcare expenditures
economy
economic cycles
title_short Evolution of GPD and its impact on the pharmaceutical sector of Ecuador (2007- 2016)
title_full Evolution of GPD and its impact on the pharmaceutical sector of Ecuador (2007- 2016)
title_fullStr Evolution of GPD and its impact on the pharmaceutical sector of Ecuador (2007- 2016)
title_full_unstemmed Evolution of GPD and its impact on the pharmaceutical sector of Ecuador (2007- 2016)
title_sort Evolution of GPD and its impact on the pharmaceutical sector of Ecuador (2007- 2016)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pérez-Rico, Cristina
Fernández-García, Carlos
Méndez-Rojas, Vicente
Méndez-Rojas, Paola
Fernández, Angie
author Pérez-Rico, Cristina
author_facet Pérez-Rico, Cristina
Fernández-García, Carlos
Méndez-Rojas, Vicente
Méndez-Rojas, Paola
Fernández, Angie
author_role author
author2 Fernández-García, Carlos
Méndez-Rojas, Vicente
Méndez-Rojas, Paola
Fernández, Angie
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv pharmaceuticals
GDP
healthcare expenditures
economy
economic cycles
topic pharmaceuticals
GDP
healthcare expenditures
economy
economic cycles
description In the last decade there has been an increase in Ecuador’s GDP observed, despite the economic slowdown in 2015 and 2016. Likewise, there has been an increase in spending on health, especially in the public sector, supported by the legislative framework of Ecuador. The objective of the article is to determine the relationship between GDP and healthcare expenditures, both public and private, and also the the income and profits of the pharmaceutical industry. In addition, we intends to check whether the changes taking place in this Latin American country have had any effect on the degree of concentration in this sector, traditionally oligopolistic. The data were collected from government agencies. The processing of the collected information was carried out with the use of SPSS. In the course of these statistical analyses we have found evidence of the strong relationship between GDP and healthcare spending, both public and private, in connection with the performance of the pharmaceutical companies. Dominance of the oligopolistic features was corroborated, despite the evidences of the concentration decrease in the last ten years (2007-2016). The empirical study of the sample has demonstrated there is a strong relation of GDP with the income and profits of the pharmaceutical sector, as well as with health spending in general, among other results.
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