Skip to main content

Table 3 Length of patient stay by hospital ownership type

From: Payments and quality of care in private for-profit and public hospitals in Greece

 

2001

2002

2003

 

PUBLIC

PFP

  

PUBLIC

PFP

  

PUBLIC

PFP

  
   

RATIO PFP/PUBLIC

95% CI

  

RATIO PFP/PUBLIC

95% CI

  

RATIO PFP/PUBLIC

95% CI

Unweighted length of stay,

by hospital specialty†

General

5.96

6.01

1.008

1.007, 1.010

5.91

6.52

1.105

1.103, 1.107

5.89

5.95

1.011

1.009, 1.013

Mixed

-

4.80

-

-

-

9.22

-

-

-

4.01

-

-

Maternity

4.60

4.56

0.991

0.982, 0.999

4.90

4.40

0.898

0.891, 0.906

4.74

4.13

0.871

0.863, 0.878

Psychiatric

160.51

131.04

0.816

0.815, 0.818

133.41

131.17

0.983

0.981, 0.985

282.09

139.10

0.493

0.492, 0.494

Pediatric

4.66

5.59

1.200

1.143, 1.259

5.14

2.81

0.548

0.518, 0.580

4.97

3.37

0.678

0.662, 0.693

Other specialty*

10.66

31.84

2.988

2.976, 3.001

11.52

23.75

2.061

2.052, 2.071

9.66

19.78

2.048

2.038, 2.059

Total

7.48

10.21

1.366

1.364, 1.367

7.25

10.86

1.498

1.496, 1.500

8.65

9.75

1.127

1.126, 1.129

Unweighted length of stay,

by patient insurance scheme

and by hospital specialty††

IKA

            

General

5.68

9.09

1.601

1.597, 1.605

5.05

8.23

1.630

1.626, 1.633

4.89

8.84

1.810

1.806, 1.814

Psychiatric

36.52

47.45

1.299

1.293, 1.305

40.22

80.13

1.992

1.984, 2.001

41.62

60.62

1.457

1.450, 1.463

All specialties‡

6.10

14.59

2.392

2.388, 2.396

5.46

15.48

2.833

2.828, 2.838

5.27

15.30

2.903

2.899, 2.908

OGA

            

Acute hospitals

4.19

7.37

1.760

1.749, 1.770

4.01

7.25

1.808

1.798, 1.818

4.30

6.71

1.561

1.552, 1.571

Long-term care hospitals

28.54

139.41

4.885

4.868, 4.901

23.66

138.78

5.865

5.845, 5.884

22.51

131.07

5.822

5.803, 5.841

All specialties

6.96

29.29

4.206

4.194, 4.218

6.26

28.39

4.533

4.520, 4.545

9.56

29.26

3.062

3.053, 3.070

TEBE

            

All specialties

4.08

6.80

1.668

1.654, 1.682

3.98

4.59

1.151

1.142, 1.162

3.82

4.27

1.116

1.106, 1.125

Total (IKA, OGA, TEBE)

6.39

15.81

2.473

2.469, 2.476

5.73

16.12

2.815

2.811, 2.819

6.20

15.80

2.548

2.544, 2.551

  1. PFP: Private for-profit, Length of Stay: Days, *Other specialty: Includes surgery clinics, eye clinics, oncology hospitals, dermatology hospitals, and infectious disease hospitals.
  2. †LoS refers to all patients discharged from public and PFP hospitals, regardless of insurance status, according to NSS data.
  3. ††LoS refers only to patients discharged from public and PFP hospitals who were beneficiaries of the three SHI schemes included in our sample, according to SHI data.
  4. ‡ Distinctions between hospitals by specialty differ between the SHI and NSS datasets.