Estudio sobre el potencial del sector odontológico colombiano en la exportación de servicios de salud

Abstract

The project aims to analyze the current status and potential of the Colombian dental sector within a health tourism services export strategy framed in a national development policy of productive transformation and competitive insertion and internationalization of the Colombian economy; identifying the strategies and instruments necessary to consolidate both public and private initiatives that allow Colombian dentistry to become a world-class sector and a pillar of development. This book, then, will allow us to specifically diagnose the real potential of the dental sector in health tourism and, at the same time, will allow us to identify ways that make Colombian dentistry competitive. The development of this study is structured as follows: In the first chapter, a description of the framework of health tourism in general is made, as well as the dynamics of the dental sector and its impact on the economy, analyzing successful cases in the region as a reference. . Chapter 2 presents an analysis of the Colombian health sector in relation to the service export policy, the structure of the health system, and quality accreditation processes. In chapters 3 and 4, an analysis is made, respectively, of the supply and demand of export-oriented dental services, and finally, in chapter 5, measures and strategies are formulated that allow Colombian dentistry to participate in the export of tourism. of health.