Open AccessAnalysis of productivity in the Health Care Centers of the Community of Madrid (Spain) 2015-2017
Author(s) -
Justo de Jorge Moreno,
Arancha González Santos,
José Jesús Vegas Melero,
Martín Olmedo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista de métodos cuantitativos para la economía y la empresa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.16
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 1886-516X
DOI - 10.46661/revmetodoscuanteconempresa.4271
Subject(s) - productivity , scope (computer science) , convergence (economics) , malmquist index , health care , regional science , economics , statistics , econometrics , total factor productivity , mathematics , geography , economic growth , computer science , programming language
The main objective of this work has focused on extending the existing literature on the analysis of total factor productivity of the Health Care Centers (HCC) of the Community of Madrid (Spain) in the period 2015-2017, with two important contributions; the application and comparison of the Malmquist indices with two robust methodologies such as the Hicks-Moorsteen and Färe Primont indices which, except for error, have not been previously used in this sector and the regional scope, which has been scarcely analyzed. The main results reveal decreases in HC productivity due to the three proposed methodologies. These decreases range between 4.90% and 0.25% for the Färe-Primont and Hicks-Moorsteen indices respectively between 2015/17 in average terms. Convergence analyses confirm that this takes place in the case of the Malmquist and Hicks-Moorsteen proposals.