Alternative Approaches to Modeling Health Care Demand and Supply

In many developed countries the problem of allocating resources within the health care system is the main aspect of health care planning. These resources are usually allocated within different groups of population according to age, sex, disease, income, etc. Taking into account the differences in health care systems, the availability of medical information, and the period of planning, this paper analyzes the alternative ways of modeling the flow of patients between categories and the related health care demand-supply problems