Llop Gironés, Alba, 1987-Vergara Duarte, MontserratAnton Sánchez, JosepTarafa, GemmaBenach, Joan2022-10-172022-10-172018Llop-Gironés A, Vergara-Duarte M, Anton J, Tarafa G, Benach J. The value of comparative research in major day surgery. Gac sanit. 2018 Jul-Aug;32(4):369-72. DOI: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2017.02.0050213-9111http://hdl.handle.net/10230/54407To measure time trends in major day surgery rates according to hospital ownership and other hospital characteristics among the providers of the public healthcare network of Catalonia, Spain. Data from the Statistics of Health Establishments providing Inpatient Care. A generalized linear mixed model with Gaussian response and random intercept and random slopes. The greatest growth in the rate of major day surgery was observed among private for-profit hospitals: 42.9 (SD: 22.5) in 2009 versus 2.7 (SD: 6.7) in 1996. These hospitals exhibited a significant increase in major day surgery compared to public hospitals (coefficient 2; p-value <0.01). The comparative evaluation of hospital performance is a decisive tool to ensure that public resources are used as rationally and efficiently as possible.application/pdfeng© 2017 SESPAS. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gaceta.2017.02.005Health services researchAmbulatory surgical proceduresPublic hospitalsPrivate hospitalsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess