Autonomy of health care facilities: it is more an ideal than an institutional reality

• Main Authors: Gloria Molina M (Author), Martha Liliana Hernández (Author), César Augusto Carrioni (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidad de Antioquia, 2007-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The issue of hospital autonomy has aroused considerable international interest since the mid-1990's, especially with regard to its linkage to governmental decentralization processes and reform of the health field. Non-profit hospitals have increasingly been obliged to become more autonomous as th...