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 …

wave of COVID-19 wave. Unmet need was most evident for hospital care, and less pronounced for primary health services …, there is no evidence that horizontal equity, with respect to income, was violated for NHS hospital outpatient and inpatient …