Oscar Andrés Espinosa
Biographic Data
| ID | 6148984 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Oscar Andrés Espinosa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Oscar Andrés |
| FAMILY NAME | Espinosa |
| SIGNATURE | ESPINOSA O A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad Nacional de Colombia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4893-0509 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Health for all? A cost-utility evaluation of Colombia's policy to enroll Venezuelan migrants (2021–2023)
Expanding subsidized health insurance to migrants proves to be a highly cost-effective policy. This analysis supports Colombia's approach as a scalable and impactful model for inclusive public health aligned with universal health coverage goals
Increasing support for the prevention of adverse childhood experiences and substance use
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are potentially traumatic but preventable experiences that occur before the ages of 18, including child abuse, witnessing violence, and parental substance use. ACEs have been linked with increased risk for substance use, along with a variety of other negative health outcomes. However, there is limited evidence of community‐level strategies that link ACEs and substance to increase awareness of prevention effort…
Years of life lost to Covid-19 in 49 countries
Specific mortality rates have been widely used to monitor the main impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic; however, a more meaningful measure is the Years of Life Lost (YLL) due to the disease, considering it takes into account the premature nature of each death. We estimated the YLL due to COVID-19 between January 2020 and December 2021 in 49 countries for which information was available, developing an analytical method that mathematically refines tha…
Estimating cost-effectiveness thresholds under a managed healthcare system
Like most of the world, low- and middle-income countries have faced a growing demand for new health technologies and higher budget constraints. It is necessary to have technical instruments to make decisions based on real-world evidence that allows maximization of the population’s health with a limited budget. We estimated the supply-based cost-effectiveness elasticity, which was then used to determine the cost-effectiveness threshold for the hea…
Revisión sistemática realista sobre las opciones de incentivos en Colombia para la gestión en salud
Los sistemas y los mercados de los servicios de salud tienen como prioridad en sus agendas de política el tema de la mejora del desempeño y la calidad de los servicios de salud a través de la incorporación de incentivos a los agentes de interés. Este trabajo responde a la pregunta de investigación sobre cómo transferir incentivos a diferentes agentes del sistema de salud en Colombia, con especial énfasis en los proveedores de servicios de salud, …
Incidencias de los sectores financiero, fiscal y externo en la actividad económica colombiana
This paper analyzes the possible effects of different shocks from the financial, fiscal and external sectors, on the evolution of macroeconomic activity in Colombia. From an analytical approach of aggregate demand, it is employed Bayesian VAR models using the Minnesota prior density, with quarterly data for the period 1995-2013. Through the impulse-response analysis and Granger causality, the results show the potential risk scenarios in the aggre…
Awareness Of Racial And Ethnic Health Disparities Has Improved Only Modestly Over A Decade
Documented disparities exist in the United States between the majority white population and various racial and ethnic minority populations on several health and health care indicators, including access to and quality of care, disease prevalence, infant mortality, and life expectancy. However, awareness of these disparities-a necessary first step toward changing behavior and compelling action-remains limited. Our survey of 3,159 adults age eightee…
Awareness Of Racial And Ethnic Health Disparities Has Improved Only Modestly Over A Decade
Documented disparities exist in the United States between the majority white population and various racial and ethnic minority populations on several health and health care indicators, including access to and quality of care, disease prevalence, infant mortality, and life expectancy. However, awareness of these disparities-a necessary first step toward changing behavior and compelling action-remains limited. Our survey of 3,159 adults age eightee…
Increasing support for the prevention of adverse childhood experiences and substance use
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are potentially traumatic but preventable experiences that occur before the ages of 18, including child abuse, witnessing violence, and parental substance use. ACEs have been linked with increased risk for substance use, along with a variety of other negative health outcomes. However, there is limited evidence of community‐level strategies that link ACEs and substance to increase awareness of prevention effort…
Awareness Of Racial And Ethnic Health Disparities Has Improved Only Modestly Over A Decade
Documented disparities exist in the United States between the majority white population and various racial and ethnic minority populations on several health and health care indicators, including access to and quality of care, disease prevalence, infant mortality, and life expectancy. However, awareness of these disparities-a necessary first step toward changing behavior and compelling action-remains limited. Our survey of 3,159 adults age eightee…
Incidencias de los sectores financiero, fiscal y externo en la actividad económica colombiana
This paper analyzes the possible effects of different shocks from the financial, fiscal and external sectors, on the evolution of macroeconomic activity in Colombia. From an analytical approach of aggregate demand, it is employed Bayesian VAR models using the Minnesota prior density, with quarterly data for the period 1995-2013. Through the impulse-response analysis and Granger causality, the results show the potential risk scenarios in the aggre…
Estimating cost-effectiveness thresholds under a managed healthcare system
Like most of the world, low- and middle-income countries have faced a growing demand for new health technologies and higher budget constraints. It is necessary to have technical instruments to make decisions based on real-world evidence that allows maximization of the population’s health with a limited budget. We estimated the supply-based cost-effectiveness elasticity, which was then used to determine the cost-effectiveness threshold for the hea…
Revisión sistemática realista sobre las opciones de incentivos en Colombia para la gestión en salud
Los sistemas y los mercados de los servicios de salud tienen como prioridad en sus agendas de política el tema de la mejora del desempeño y la calidad de los servicios de salud a través de la incorporación de incentivos a los agentes de interés. Este trabajo responde a la pregunta de investigación sobre cómo transferir incentivos a diferentes agentes del sistema de salud en Colombia, con especial énfasis en los proveedores de servicios de salud, …
Years of life lost to Covid-19 in 49 countries
Specific mortality rates have been widely used to monitor the main impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic; however, a more meaningful measure is the Years of Life Lost (YLL) due to the disease, considering it takes into account the premature nature of each death. We estimated the YLL due to COVID-19 between January 2020 and December 2021 in 49 countries for which information was available, developing an analytical method that mathematically refines tha…
Increasing support for the prevention of adverse childhood experiences and substance use
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are potentially traumatic but preventable experiences that occur before the ages of 18, including child abuse, witnessing violence, and parental substance use. ACEs have been linked with increased risk for substance use, along with a variety of other negative health outcomes. However, there is limited evidence of community‐level strategies that link ACEs and substance to increase awareness of prevention effort…
Health for all? A cost-utility evaluation of Colombia's policy to enroll Venezuelan migrants (2021–2023)
Expanding subsidized health insurance to migrants proves to be a highly cost-effective policy. This analysis supports Colombia's approach as a scalable and impactful model for inclusive public health aligned with universal health coverage goals
Environmental health (4 works) · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Population (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Health care (2 works) · Health equity (2 works) · Healthcare Systems and Reforms (2 works) · Humanities (2 works)