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Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992). 2001 Apr-Jun;47(2):149-56. doi: 10.1590/s0104-42302001000200034.

[University hospitals: past, present and future].

Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992)

[Article in Portuguese]
A C Medici

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  1. Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento, Washington, D.C., USA. [email protected]

PMID: 11468683 DOI: 10.1590/s0104-42302001000200034

Abstract

PURPOSE: This article discusses the evolution of university hospitals, their characteristics, functioning and financing and their role in medical education and research.

METHODS: Data come from a workshop organized by the World Health Organization on university hospitals in 22 countries.

RESULTS: The main finding is that these institutions are increasingly inadequate to the reality of the health sector in which they operate and to the challenges posed by the profound changes currently taking place in the health system of most countries.

CONCLUSION: A reform is needed, and the article presents a few possible strategies for reforming these hospitals.

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