The implementation of BCC model defined by the 7 selected variables to the 66 health centers in the sample enabled the identification of efficient and inefficient institutions. Of all the health facilities surveyed, half of slack variables are zero and an efficiency index unit requirements for the EDA requires that a school is considered efficient. [...]
For most scholars of the phenomenon of decentralization, efficiency gains are one of the main theoretical benefits of the transfer of certain powers to government public regionales1. User feedback regarding the decentralization of the public sector also seems to go in this direction. So while 51% of Spaniards believed that public services are better managed [...]
Abstract Objective: The purpose of this paper is to verify whether the productive performance of health centers in autonomous communities with competence in health care is more efficient than that of the centers under the INSALUD. Methods: We conducted a comparative analysis of the technical efficiency of 66 health centers in Álava, Navarra and Rioja [...]