innovative contributions of intermediate and end users that have been sold and evaluated within the healthcare sector. Several … studies in the healthcare sector have shown that healthcare professionals are an important source of innovation. Yet, to date … ultimately of other patients' therapy. We analyze innovations of producers, healthcare professionals, patients, and relatives in …

Prolonged hospital stays, or hospital stays that are longer than medically necessary, are a major concern for patients … hospital patients (65 years and older) in Brazil and Mexico. We develop a continuum-of-care conceptual framework based on prior …-discharge medical and social care services. There are three main sources of prolonged stays: (i) lack of appropriate primary healthcare …

We examine the efficiency gains in health systems generated after the national roll out of basic healthcare in El …