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According to an annual report, the Balearics Islands and the Valencian Community have the poorest public health services.
The Federation of Associations for the Defence of Public Health, FADSP, has come to some conclusions.
Based on the most recent available data, they have graded the public health services in Spain’s regional areas.
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The FADSP admits there are issues due to a ‘lack of transparency and diligence of health authorities which means some statistics are not sufficiently updated’.
The analysis includes funding and resources, including the per-head expenditure and number of beds per 1,000 people.
The number of operating rooms and doctors, as well as waiting lists, pharmaceutical expenditure, and patient surveys, are also important factors.
The score is calculated by adding up all the data. Maximum value is 142 and lowest value is 33.
The average score for the regions is 85.41.
FADSP’s spokesperson, Dr. Marciano Precio, stated: “There exists a large disparity between health services in different regions. This disparity has not decreased, but increased.”
He said that this continued to threaten the necessary cohesion between regions.
Valencian Community had the worst result of 62, followed by Andalucia with 66, and the Balearic Islands with 77.
The best scores were logged in Navarre (106), the Basque Country (105), Asturias (100) and Castilla y Leon (95).
Aragon (91), Cantabria (91) La Rioja (91) Extremadura (91) and Galicia (82) all scored above average.
Catalunya, the Canary Islands, Castilla La Mancha, Madrid (79), and Murcia (88) all scored below average.
This survey also examines the uptake of private insurance, with 38.7% having policies in Madrid. Catalunya (32.4%), and the Balearics (30.9%), followed by the rest of Spain.
Only 11.2% of Navarre residents have private insurance.
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