Abstract:Low profitability has been responsible for the insolvency of a large number of health plan operators (HPO) in recent years, which increasingly requires these entities to assess which services can be optimized without compromising their final activities. An answer to this problem may lie in the adequate dimensioning of support activities. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the economies of scale in the support activities of Brazilian HPO. In the presence of such economies, it can be considered t… Show more
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