Table 4.
Technical efficiency of the Spanish National Health System general hospitals, according to ownership. 2010–2012.
| Overall Technical Efficiency | Pure Technical Efficiency | Efficiency of Scale | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | |
| Public Hospitals (n = 198) | |||||||||
| Average | 0.739 | 0.681 | 0.706 | 0.831 | 0.798 | 0.809 | 0.894 | 0.861 | 0.88 |
| Number of Efficient Hospitals | 13 | 6 | 8 | 45 | 33 | 32 | - | - | - |
| Percentage of Efficient Hospitals | 6.57 | 3.03 | 4.04 | 22.73 | 16.67 | 16.16 | - | - | - |
| Private Hospitals (n = 20) | |||||||||
| Average | 0.94 | 0.915 | 0.941 | 0.975 | 0.977 | 0.977 | 0.963 | 0.936 | 0.961 |
| Number of Efficient Hospitals | 11 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 17 | - | - | - |
| Percentage of Efficient Hospitals | 55.00 | 45.00 | 60.00 | 85.00 | 80.00 | 85.00 | - | - | - |
| Public-Private Partnership Hospitals (n = 12) | |||||||||
| Average | 0.928 | 0.966 | 0.966 | 0.937 | 0.976 | 0.98 | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.986 |
| Number of Efficient Hospitals | 9 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 11 | - | - | - |
| Percentage of Efficient Hospitals | 75.00 | 75.00 | 58.33 | 83.33 | 91.67 | 91.67 | - | - | - |
| Total hospitals (n = 230) | |||||||||
| Average | 0.766 | 0.716 | 0.740 | 0.849 | 0.823 | 0.833 | 0.905 | 0.874 | 0.892 |
| Number of Efficient Hospitals | 33 | 24 | 27 | 72 | 60 | 60 | - | - | - |
| Percentage of Efficient Hospitals | 14.35 | 10.43 | 11.74 | 31.30 | 26.09 | 26.09 | - | - | - |
Source: Prepared by the authors.