Table 1 Hospital characteristics by ownership type
From: Payments and quality of care in private for-profit and public hospitals in Greece
| Â | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | PUBLIC | PFP | PUBLIC | PFP | PUBLIC | PFP |
Hospitals, n | 139 | 191 | 141 | 179 | 142 | 179 |
Hospital beds, n (% total hospital beds in Greece)* | 36, 186 (69.2) | 15, 038 (28.8) | 36, 142 (69.8) | 14, 460 (27.9) | 35, 814 (69.2) | 14, 528 (28.1) |
Hospital beds per 1, 000 population | 3.30 | 1.37 | 3.29 | 1.32 | 3, 25 | 1, 32 |
Average hospital bed capacity | 260 | 79 | 256 | 81 | 252 | 81 |
Hospitals by hospital bed capacity, n (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
1-40 beds | 11 (7.9) | 76 (39.8) | 13 (9.2) | 67 (37.4) | 14 (9.9) | 67 (37.4) |
41-100 beds | 24 (17.3) | 72 (37.7) | 26 (18.4) | 69 (38.6) | 26 (18.3) | 68 (38.0) |
100-500 beds | 86 (61.9) | 43 (22.5) | 84 (59.6) | 43 (24.0) | 85 (59.9) | 44 (24.6) |
> 500 beds | 18 (12.9) | 0 (0.0) | 18 (12.8) | 0 (0.0) | 17 (12.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Hospital beds by hospital specialty, n (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
General | 26, 193 (72.4) | 7, 492 (49.8) | 26, 753 (74.0) | 7, 343(50.8) | 27, 114 (75.7) | 7, 215 (49.7) |
Mixed | 0 (0.0) | 1, 370 (9.1) | 0 (0.0) | 998 (6.9) | 0 (0.0) | 979 (6.7) |
Maternity | 384 (1.1) | 1, 007 (6.7) | 384 (1.1) | 930 (6.4) | 384 (1.1) | 906 (6.2) |
Psychiatric | 5, 631 (15.6) | 4, 386 (29.2) | 5, 561 (15.4) | 4, 392 (30.4) | 4, 929 (13.8) | 4, 567 (31.4) |
Pediatric | 1, 517 (4.2) | 46 (0.3) | 1, 529 (4.2) | 77 (0.5) | 1, 512 (4.2) | 74 (0.5) |
Other specialty†| 2, 461 (6.8) | 737 (4.9) | 1, 915 (5.3) | 720 (5.0) | 1, 875 (5.2) | 787 (5.4) |
Patients discharged, n (% all patients discharged)* | 1, 444, 743 (80.1) | 327, 175 (18.2) | 1, 499, 464 (79.8) | 334, 760 (17.8) | 1, 533, 030 (79.0) | 356, 295 (18.4) |
Patients discharged by hospital specialty, n (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
General | 1, 271, 624 (88.0) | 230, 468 (70.4) | 1, 345, 272 (89.7) | 249, 392 (74.5) | 1, 380, 384 (90.0) | 269, 992 (75.8) |
Mixed | 0 (0.0) | 49, 136 (15.0) | 0 (0.0) | 35, 176 (10.5) | 0 (0.0) | 34, 312 (9.6) |
Maternity | 19, 376 (1.3) | 27, 440 (8.4) | 19, 896 (1.3) | 28, 072 (8.4) | 19, 880 (1.3) | 28, 632 (8.0) |
Psychiatric | 12, 868 (0.9) | 9, 691 (3.0) | 14, 140 (0.9) | 9, 720 (2.9) | 14, 912 (1.0) | 9, 935 (2.8) |
Pediatric | 72, 192 (5.0) | 296 (0.1) | 69, 376 (4.6) | 432 (0.1) | 66, 576 (4.3) | 2, 280 (0.6) |
Other specialty†| 68, 683 (4.8) | 10, 144 (3.1) | 50, 780 (3.4) | 11, 968 (3.6) | 51, 278 (3.3) | 11, 144 (3.1) |
Patients discharged by patient insurance scheme, n (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
IKA | 516, 056 (35.7) | 125, 474 (38.4) | 524, 836 (35.0) | 154, 540 (46.2) | 566, 719 (37.0) | 168, 236 (47.2) |
OGA††| 543, 408 (37.6) | 18, 458 (5.6) | 483, 125 (32.2) | 20, 952 (6.3) | 203, 041 (13.2) | 20, 719 (5.8) |
TEBE | 67, 594 (4.7) | 10, 575 (3.2) | 68, 446 (4.6) | 13, 661 (4.1) | 64, 931 (4.2) | 16, 981 (4.8) |
Other insurance scheme‡ | 317, 685 (22.0) | 172, 668 (52.8) | 423, 057 (28.2) | 145, 607 (43.5) | 698, 339 (45.6) | 150, 359 (42.2) |
Average hospital (all specialties) occupancy rate | 81.8% | 60.9% | 82.4% | 68.9% | 101.4% | 65.5% |
Average general hospital occupancy rate | 79.3% | 50.7% | 81.4% | 60.7% | 82.1% | 61.0% |