Efficiency of acute public hospitals in the region of Murcia, Spain.

Conclusion: The management of the public hospitals analyzed was favorable, both regarding average level of efficiency and the number of hospitals qualified as efficient. However, the analysis revealed several ways to increase efficiency by reducing specific inputs and nondesirable outputs (mainly operating and personnel costs as well as average length of stay) while increasing desirable outputs (mostly the number of surgical interventions). To finish, specific policy measures are suggested to improve the performance of these hospitals. PMID: 31464149 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research - Category: General Medicine Tags: J Comp Eff Res Source Type: research