This paper seeks to characterize the Brazilian hospital network and its degree of sharing between the National Health System (SUS) and private health insurance. It explores the funding sources diversification and the overlapping of services, payments and management related to the public-private mix. Most hospitals were private and took both SUS and private insurance. The availability of SUS beds was lower than that of private beds. The supply of private beds was not proportional to the population covered by private insurance, and it was not complementary to the SUS beds. The findings highlight the risk to equity of access, completeness and quality of the care provided.
Health services coverage; Health systems; Hospital administration; Equity in Health; Hospitalization
