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Una aproximación regional a la eficiencia y productividad de los hospitales públicos colombianos

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Este estudio utiliza el Indicador de Luenberger para evaluar la eficiencia y productividad de los hospitales públicos en Colombia. El análisis empírico se realizó para una muestra de 336 hospitales durante el periodo 2003-2011. Los resultados indican una caída de la productividad de los hospitales públicos colombianos, sustentada en el deterioro del cambio tecnológico como resultado de una escasa inversión en tecnología. Evidencia de esto es que solo uno de cada veinticinco hospitales experimentó un desempeno eficiente y productivo, mientras uno de cada tres evidenció lo contrario. Por regiones, los hospitales de las zonas Central y Caribe fueron los más ineficientes e improductivos. Además, contribuyeron con dos terceras partes de la disminución de la productividad general.******ABSTRACT: We used the Luenberger Productivity Indicator to estimate efficiency and productivity for Colombian public hospitals. The empirical application was applied to a sample of 336 hospitals during the period 2003-2011. The results show a decline in productivity of Colombian public hospitals, explained by the decreased in technological change as a result of low investment in technology. Evidence for this is that one of every twenty five hospitals experienced efficient and productive performance, while, one of every three showed the opposite. The results summarized by regions revealed that Hospitals in Central and Caribbean regions were the most unproductive and inefficient, and they also contributed two-thirds of the overall decline in productivity.

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  • Antonio José Orozco Gallo, 2014. "Una aproximación regional a la eficiencia y productividad de los hospitales públicos colombianos," Documentos de Trabajo Sobre Economía Regional y Urbana 11548, Banco de la República, Economía Regional.
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    DOI: 10.32468/dtseru.201
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    Keywords

    salud; hospitales públicos; Indicador de Productividad de Luenberger; productividad; Colombia.;
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    JEL classification:

    • D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
    • L30 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - General
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes

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