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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1996-3521</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Infodir]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Infodir]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1996-3521</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial de Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1996-35212022000100014</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Impacto económico de la COVID-19 en Sistema de Salud Cubano y capacidad de respuesta]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Economic Impact of COVID-19 on the Cuban Health System and Response Capacity]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gamboa Díaz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yadira]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lugo Valdés]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Midiala]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[García Vargas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alexandro]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Domínguez Arencibia]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Beatriz]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de Artemisa Filial de Ciencias Médicas &#8220;Piti Fajardo&#8221; ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San Cristóbal Artemisa]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<numero>37</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1996-35212022000100014&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1996-35212022000100014&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1996-35212022000100014&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción: La pandemia de COVID-19 ha tenido un impacto económico negativo de gran magnitud, que ha representado para Cuba una disminución de su PIB afectado ya desde el 2019 por un contexto externo desfavorable, registrándose un aumento de los costos de salud pública, que demanda un fortalecimiento de las capacidades para controlar, prevenir y atender la actual COVID-19 y la aparición de nuevos brotes.  Objetivo:  Exponer sobre el impacto económico de la COVID-19 en el sistema de salud pública y la capacidad de respuesta en Cuba.  Desarrollo: Se realizó una búsqueda de información en las bases de datos bibliográficas SciELO-Cuba y SciELO-Regional; se utilizó el buscador Google Académico con los términos coronavirus, COVID-19, salud, impacto económico, gastos económicos, Cuba para inglés y español. Para el desarrollo de la investigación se seleccionaron un total de 18 fuentes bibliográficas, las cuales se ajustaron al tema en cuestión.  Conclusiones:  Con sensible carencia de recursos Cuba ha logrado controlar la pandemia sin que colapse su sólido sistema de salud pública e industria farmacéutica, cuya acción integrada ha sido favorecida por la gestión del Gobierno cubano, con indiscutibles resultados y sus protocolos médicos han salvado más vidas que los implementados en otros confines, demostrado capacidad para el manejo de la emergencia sanitaria, y sus acciones han llegado incluso a otros países.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative economic impact of great magnitude, which has represented for Cuba a decrease in its GDP affected already since 2019 by an unfavorable external context, registering an increase in public health costs, which demands a strengthening of capacities to control, prevent and attend the current COVID-19 and the appearance of new outbreaks.  Objective:  To present the economic impact of COVID-19 on the public health system and response capacity in Cuba.  Development:  A search for information was carried out in the bibliographic databases SciELO-Cuba and SciELO-Regional; the search engine Google Academic was used with the terms coronavirus, COVID-19, health, economic impact, economic expenses, Cuba for English and Spanish. For the development of the research, a total of 18 bibliographic sources were selected, which were adjusted to the topic in question.  Conclusions: With sensitive lack of resources Cuba has managed to control the pandemic without collapse of its solid public health system and pharmaceutical industry, whose integrated action has been favored by the management of the Cuban Government, with indisputable results and its medical protocols have saved more lives than those implemented in other confines, demonstrated capacity for the management of the sanitary emergency, and its actions have even reached other countries.]]></p></abstract>
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