Table 1.

Descriptive figures throughout the period of analysis

		2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
SPENDING	HCA hospital expenditure (million €)	18,404	20,528	22,847	24,965	27,836	31,391	33,739	33,857	34,933	33,568	32,810	33,359	35,920
	Deflated HCA hospital expenditure (million €, base year 2003)	18,404	19,892	21,333	22,737	24,290	27,015	28,812	28,074	28,286	26,410	25,754	26,475	28,485
	HCA per capita hospital expenditure (€)	431.77	457.62	481.25	512.04	539.64	594.58	628.27	616.17	617.14	573.34	563.09	583.29	626.76
NEED	Masculinity index (base 100)	98.73	98.82	99.23	99.44	99.42	99.70	99.41	99.29	99.08	98.90	98.49	98.30	98.10
	Ageing index (base 100)	138.39	137.48	135.85	136.28	135.10	133.63	133.16	133.03	134.25	135.32	136.51	138.80	141.46
	Over-ageing (proportion)	44.95	46.16	47.54	48.24	49.30	50.39	51.12	51.50	51.85	52.36	52.29	51.46	50.33
	Burden of disease (average counts)	773.81	779.36	795.31	813.11	831.11	854.22	873.11	863.60	861.60	876.83	889.92	885.47	902.70
UTILIZATION	Hospital discharges (million)	4.01	4.14	4.25	4.37	4.54	4.62	4.68	4.75	4.78	4.77	4.87	4.97	5.14
	Outpatient case-day surgery (million)	0.64 (CV:1.04)	0.73 (CV:0.99)	0.80 (CV:0.97)	0,87 (CV:0.94)	0,91 (CV:0.94)	0,99 (CV:0.94)	1,05 (CV:0.94)	1,10 (CV:0.92)	1,18 (CV:0.89)	1,21 (CV:0.89)	1,32 (CV:0.89)	1,39 (CV:0.92)	1,49 (CV:0.93)
	Medical hospitalisations (million)	2.16 (CV:0.75)	2,18 (CV:0.75)	2,22 (CV:0.74)	2,24 (CV:0.74)	2,30 (CV:0.76)	2,34 (CV:0.74)	2,32 (CV:0.75)	2,26 (CV:0.74)	2,27 (CV:0.73)	2,26 (CV:0.75)	2,23 (CV:0.76)	2,26 (CV:0.75)	2,31 (CV:0.76)
	Surgical hospitalisations (million)	1.19 (CV:0.80)	1,22 (CV:0.80)	1,22 (CV:0.80)	1,25 (CV:0.79)	1,27 (CV:0.79)	1,30 (CV:0.80)	1,32 (CV:0.80)	1,32 (CV:0.80)	1,29 (CV:078)	1,28 (CV:0.79)	1,31 (CV:0.78)	1,31 (CV:0.79)	1,33 (CV:0.81)
PRICE	Relative price for a medical stay	6671 (CV:0.79)	6786 (CV:0.79)	6963 (CV:0.78)	7039 (CV:0.77)	7338 (CV:0.79)	7573 (CV:0.78)	7637 (CV:0.79)	7608 (CV:0.78)	7694 (CV:0.76)	7765 (CV:0.78)	7761 (CV:0.79)	7895 (CV:0.79)	8174 (CV:0.84)
	Relative price for a surgical stay	7004 (CV:0.85)	7242 (CV:0.85)	7345 (CV:0.85)	7615 (CV:0.84)	7820 (CV:0.84)	8038 (CV:0.85)	8309 (CV:0.84)	8409 (CV:0.85)	8394 (CV:0.82)	8448 (CV:0.83)	8714 (CV:0.82)	8847 (CV:0.83)	8983 (CV:0.85)
	Average length of stay - medical hospitalisation	6.96 (CV:0.14)	6.95 (CV:0.14)	6.99 (CV:0.15)	6.83 (CV:0.14)	6.89 (CV:0.15)	6.84 (CV:0.14)	6.94 (CV:0.19)	6.75 (CV:0.16)	6.60 (CV:0.14)	6.55 (CV:0.14)	6.55 (CV:0.13)	6.54 (CV:0.13)	6.74 (CV:0.15)
	Average length of stay - surgical hospitalisation	7.65 (CV:0.18)	7.54 (CV:0.18)	7.55 (CV:0.17)	7.46 (CV:0.17)	7.39 (CV:0.17)	7.34 (CV:0.16)	7.33 (CV:0.21)	6.95 (CV:0.18)	6.83 (CV:0.16)	6.80 (CV:0.16)	6.65 (CV:0.15)	6.54 (CV:0.14)	6.53 (CV:0.15)
	Tertiary (percentage of areas)	30.3	30.3	30.3	30.3	30.3	30.3	30.3	30.3	30.3	30.3	30.3	30.3	30.3
	Ratio medical staff to functioning beds	0.58 (CV:0.18)	0.61 (CV:0.19)	0.63 (CV:0.18)	0.64 (CV:0.21)	0.67 (CV:0.20)	0.71 (CV:0.19)	0.73 (CV:0.19)	0.75 (CV:0.22)	0.76 (CV:0.20)	0.76 (CV:0.22)	0.75 (CV:0.21)	0.75 (CV:0.23)	0.78 (CV:0.20)
	Ratio nursing staff to functioning beds	1.05 (CV:0.22)	1.09 (CV:0.22)	1.11 (CV:0.22)	1.13 (CV:0.24)	1.16 (CV:0.23)	1.22 (CV:0.20)	1.24 (CV:0.19)	1.19 (CV:0.21)	1.20 (CV:0.21)	1.18 (CV:0.20)	1.17 (CV:0.20)	1.19 (CV:0.21)	1.21 (CV:0.21)
	Ratio medical staff in training (MIR) to total medical professionals	0.21 (CV:0.62)	0.21 (CV:0.60)	0.21 (CV:0.60)	0.22 (CV:0.74)	0.20 (CV:0.61)	0.21 (CV:0.57)	0.20 (CV:0.55)	0.23 (CV:0.52)	0.24 (CV:0.49)	0.25 (CV:0.48)	0.26 (CV:0.48)	0.26 (CV:0.49)	0.23 (CV:0.50)