Rich clinic, poor clinic: looking for efficiency, public hospitals in Chile go head-to-head with private providers.
Latin Trade › Vol. 10 Nbr. 12, December 2002
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Rich clinic, poor clinic: looking for efficiency, public hospitals in Chile go head-to-head with private providers.
Only a few years ago, the wine-growing areas of Puente Alto were as country as country gets, an Andean hamlet whose primary landmark is a high bridge over a narrow stream prone to floods from melting snow. The Dr. Sotero del Rio hospital, a five-story Spanish colonial structure, slightly crumbling from wear-and-tear, was originally built as a sanitarium for this once-rural community.
Since then, the surrounding area has exploded with growth, turning Puente Alto into a sprawling lower-class suburb of the capital Santiago, r...See the full content of this document
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