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Gaceta Sanitaria

versión impresa ISSN 0213-9111

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CORDERO, José Manuel et al. Technical efficiency assessment of public primary care providers in the Basque Country (Spain), 2010-2013. Gac Sanit [online]. 2016, vol.30, n.2, pp.104-109. ISSN 0213-9111.  https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gaceta.2015.11.002.

Objective: To evaluate the technical efficiency of primary care units operating in the Basque Health Service during the period 2010-2013, corresponding to the implementation of a care integration strategy by health authorities. Methods: This study included 11 of the 12 primary care units in the Basque Health Service during the period 2010-2013. Data envelopment analysis (DEA) was used to assess the technical efficiency of the units. In particular, we applied the extension DEA windows to analyse all units as if they were in a single period (33 observations) as well as a conditional model, which allowed incorporation of the effect of the characteristics of the population covered. The outputs considered were a quality index based on fulfilment of different requirements related to primary care delivery and the rate of avoidable hospitalizations (treated as an undesirable output). The inputs used were the number of physicians, the number of nurses and the costs of prescriptions. The morbidity index was included as an exogenous variable. Results The results showed that the efficiency of all the units improved during the study period. However, this improvement was not greater in the units incorporated in the integrated healthcare organisation. Discussion: In a context of global transformation of care delivery in the Basque country in the study period, primary care units increased their efficiency. However, this effect was not larger in vertically integrated primary care providers.

Palabras clave : Organizational efficiency; Organizational innovation; Systems integration; Primary health care.

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