The Spanish Constitution reserved to the central legislative power the competence to establish the minimum fundamental services in health (art. 149.1.16 CE), while the Autonomous Communities are the competent ones for their legislative development and management. During these more than forty years of validity of the constitutional text there has been a progressive decentralization in health management, which would culminate in 2001, along with an important legislative centralization. This competence distribution contrasts with the financing system designed for healthcare provision since 2001. A system in which the weight of the responsibility for spending rests primarily with the Autonomous Communities. This paper analyzes the competency distribution in Spain in health matters and relates it to the financing system designed, showing the inconsistency that exists in this regard in the design of health care.
María José Vázquez Cueto, Francisco Gutiérrez López
espanolEl funcionamiento de la Administracion de Justicia en Espana es actualmente muy cuestionado. Muchos profesionales de la justicia sostienen que esta es la Cenicienta de las administraciones y que es la carencia de medios la causa que justificaria el mal funcionamiento, solicitando, por ello, mayor gasto como medio preferente para mejorarlo. Para conocer si esta afirmacion se puede sustentar cientificamente, hemos analizado 3 indicadores troncales (gasto publico, medios personales a su servicio y funcionamiento del sistema judicial) tanto a nivel nacional como de las Comunidades Autonomas, porque debe tenerse en cuenta que la organizacion de la Administracion de Justicia en Espana esta desconcentrada y descentralizada, lo que condiciona su gestion. EnglishThe functioning of the administration of Spanish justice is being increasingly questioned. Many legal practitioners think that is the Cinderella of the Public Administration and that is the lack of financial resources the reason of its bad malfunctions. In order of to know if these affirmations have scientific basis we have analyzed three focus indicators (public spending, justice personal resource, judicial system operation) both national level as autonomous communities level, because it have to be take in a count that the administration organization of justice in Spain is decentralized and deconcentrated, and these reasons affect their management.