Hospitals are at the center of the health care universe in Brazil. When ill, many Brazilians go straight to the hospital for want of a family doctor or primary care network. Hospitals are a critical part of the government's budget, absorbing nearly 70 percent of public spending on health. Hospitals influence the ebb and flow of politician's careers when hospital mishaps hit the headlines or the limelight falls on high-performing hospitals. Hospitals...
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2008/03/01
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Hospital performance in Brazil : the search for excellence
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knowledge and learning
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Couttolenc,Bernard F.; La Forgia, Gerard M..
Hospital performance in Brazil : the search for excellence (English). En breve ; no. 120 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/673401468229499781