From 2009 to 2013 the number of admissions for the 1st Health District, which includes
the majority of hospitals in Athens, Greece, has increased by 33.1% while the expenditure
was reduced by 31.1% for the same time interval [
1
,
2
]. Medical departments bear a major part of the burden, as they are the ones in which
patients with chronic problems and multiple comorbidities are hospitalized.Keywords
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: January 23, 2017
Accepted:
January 18,
2017
Received:
January 14,
2017
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