Evolution and Future Trends of Hospitals. Systematic Literature Review. [May 2012]

Proposal for the Development of a Regional Agenda for Hospitals in Integrated Health Service Delivery Networks
Experts Meeting. Barbados, October 24 – 25, 2012

Integrated Health Service Delivery Networks:The Challenge for Hospitals

This overall goal of this report is to assist PAHO in its efforts to clarify the boundaries of health service organizations in different regions of the world and facilitate the identification of current trends. More specifically, its goals are: (i) to carry out a literature review on “past history and future trends of hospitals”, and (ii) to develop a database to provide updated technical information on the topic.