Perceptions of the state of health services and the Brexit vote

Susana Aguilar Fernández; Andrés Santana

doi:10.22325/fes/res.2021.36

Autores/as

Susana Aguilar Fernández Universidad Complutense de Madrid https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8185-2747
Andrés Santana Universidad Autónoma de Madrid https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2594-1360

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22325/fes/res.2021.36

Palabras clave:

Brexit, percepciones, servicios de salud, fake news

Resumen

Las razones del Brexit han sido extensamente analizadas. Distintos estudios se han centrado en factores como la edad, educación, etnia, ingresos, clase social, desempleo, religión, inmigración, y el apoyo a partidos y líderes. Ningún trabajo ha estudiado sin embargo el impacto de las percepciones sobre la calidad de los servicios de salud. Esta ausencia es sorprendente porque los partidarios del Brexit prometieron (engañosamente) que, de triunfar éste, el Servicio Nacional de Salud (SNS) recibiría semanalmente 350 millones de libras. Como los individuos que perciben que dichos servicios son malos se beneficiarán de un SNS mejor financiado, anticipamos que exhibirán una mayor propensión a votar a favor del Brexit. Nuestros resultados lo confirman, incluso cuando se introduce una amplia batería de controles. Este hallazgo constituye una contribución original a un tema crucial de la política internacional y enfatiza la importancia de las percepciones y las fake news en el comportamiento electoral.

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