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Características subyacentes de las entidades que conforman el sistema de salud colombiano

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This article is derived from the Technical Study of the health sector of IbagueColombia, sponsored by the Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia and the Universidad del Tolima. The problem centers on the possible deficiencies of the Colombian health system in the context of the crisis generated by the Covid-19 pandemic. The purpose of the writing is to define the characteristics of the entities that make up the health sector from the analysis of their functional areas. The research is quantitative in nature and its scope is descriptive. The population is made up of 1040 companies and the sample corresponds to 257. The sampling technique is by stratified groups and a validated instrument was applied with a Cronbach’s Alpha of 0.815. The main results show that 89% of the entities in the sector in Ibague are micro-companies, 52% of the personnel are hired for an indefinite term, 51% have less than 100 million monthly income and 49% exceed this figure. It is concluded that the greatest difficulty of the sector is related to the management of financial resources and the main internal problem is in process management.