The private sector covers 29% of complex operations

He Private health sector Spanish covers the 29% of the most complex surgical interventions that are carried out in the country, according to the report ‘Private Health Sector Observatory 2025’published by the Institute for the Development and Integration of Health (IDIS Foundation).

Among the most outstanding specialties are Traumatologywhich represents the 37.1% of private surgical activitywhile Vascular angiology and surgery supposes 35.8% of them. These specialties are followed General and digestive surgery, with 33.1% of interventions, and urology and gynecology and obstetrics, both with 30.9 percent.

The great weight of private health in the health system

The document highlights that Private hospitals have already exceeded 30% of the volume of consultations Medical and hospitalization days, being the first specialty of traumatology, with 35%of the highs, followed by surgery and surgical specialties, with 31.5%, and rehabilitation, with 23.3%.

For its part, Psychiatry (31%) and Rehabilitation (30.4%) are the care areas in which Private activity has a greater weight. The report also indicates that the private sector performs the 41.6% of surgical interventionsand that serves 29.7 percent of hospital high and 33.6% of the Emergencies.

“Public health cannot face the structural challenges it drags for years,”explained the general director of the IDIS Foundation, Marta Villanueva, who has called for a Joint strategy between the public and private sector that incorporates “All available resources to offer citizenship a accessible and efficient health care“