The real investment in the public sector of health has been increased in the last decade in more than a thousand percent, emphasizing the priority approach towards the improvement and replacement of the infrastructure and equipment for the healthcare service network. On a regional basis, programming agreements were signed to finance projects aimed at the primary health assistance for rural and urban sectors.
In turn, the private provider sector has kept a constant growth in the last decade, allowing to duplicate its capacity of attention and provide to its centers with high technology Santiago, is the capital of a country-platform.
High Infrastructure and Technology
The academic excellence, the level of development of the health programs and the constant development in equipment and infrastructure, characterized by the use of high technology, explain the leadership of the offer for the health solutions in the Region.
The private sector gathers more than eighty Clinics or Private Hospitals, the institutions of high complexity are only eighteen. Besides, there is a network of Foundations, Centers or Institutions with more focused specialization.
Surveys made to executives have emphasized the high level of the private clinics in Santiago, giving them a second place.