Cahiers de sociologie et de démographie médicales
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Cah Sociol Demogr Med · Jan 2000
Comparative Study Historical Article[The century-long trends of the French hospital system: an analysis in terms of regulation].
This article is an inquiry about growth of hospitals expenses. The analysis is founded on the long term construction of monetary series. These series show evidence of three characteristics: growth of hospitals expenses between 1815 and 1993, development trough a succession of stages, existence of long term cyclic fluctuations contrary to the Kondratieff's movements.