inpatient or outpatient hospital use, and consequently little impact on overall public hospital costs. These results suggest …

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 … that leads to more complex admissions; (ii) hospital inefficiency; and (iii) lack of rehabilitation, social, and long …

need to provide family long-term care (LTC) and womens labor supply in four Latin American countries. Descriptive analysis …-term family caregivers and account for 72% to 88% of total hours of LTC; (ii) consistently across countries, women who provide LTC …