Perelman, Julian; Felix, Sónia; Santana, Rui - In: Health Policy 119 (2015) 3, pp. 307-315
The Great Recession started in Portugal in 2009, coupled with severe austerity. This study examines its impact on hospital care utilization, interpreted as caused by demand-side effects (related to variations in population income and health) and supply-side effects (related to hospitals’...