The health system resource allocation and utilizationis a key issue. The literature offers a series of econometric models by with we can find an answer to the question: What is the optimal pattern of resource allocationin health care? The answer tothis question willbe in Allocation anduseof...

This is an attempt to understand the characteristics of private hospitals and the equity in accessing their services, using secondary data available for the period 1986-2004. The data indicates that private hospitals did not expand in numbers but a strong consolidation by large hospitals has...