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Table 6 Mean efficiency targets1 by facility type, size and location

From: The effect of environmental factors on technical and scale efficiency of primary health care providers in Greece

  

Inputs

Facilities (N)

N (%) inefficient 2

Physicians

Nursing/Paramedical staff

Administrative/other staff

NHS centers

    

Small (36)

27 (75.0%)

25.6%

26.4%

46.4%

Medium (35)

32 (91.4%)

38.1%

40.6%

54.6%

Large (32)

29 (90.6%)

40.3%

48.2%

51.4%

Urban/semi urban (67)

60 (89.6%)

37.6%

42.7%

52.6%

Remote/island (36)

28 (77.8%)

29.4%

30.4%

47.7%

IKA centers

    

Small (30)

16 (53.3%)

22.3%

22.1%

22.9%

Medium (25)

18 (72.0%)

25.0%

27.0%

24.5%

Large (36)

24 (66.7%)

27.6%

26.2%

25.8%

Urban/semi urban (78)

54 (69.2%)

25.3%

25.2%

24.5%

Remote/island (13)

4 (69.2%)

26.0%

26.0%

26.0%

  1. 1 Refers to the required reduction (%) in input in order to achieve 100% efficiency.
  2. 2 Refers to the total number (%) of <100% efficient facilities in each category