Affiliation:
1. University of Beira Interior, Portugal
2. University of Lisbon, Portugal
Abstract
This study seeks to define a model outlining the importance of private hospital managers' competences the profile role of the manager private hospital the process and the relationship with analyses for investment decision making in private hospitals in order to orient future work to improve contribute to health institutions' performance. Qualitative interviews were held in Brazil and Canada, analysed through the conventional content analysis method, and coded using NVivo 11. A model of analysis for investment decision making is proposed and can be used to improve resource allocation and hospital performance. The results point out the importance of a multidisciplinary management training of managers that makes contributes to good an efficient use of resources and that contributes to maintains quality in patient care, including with regard to investment and financing of hospitals where performance analysis contributes to decision making.