He makes his point by comparing publicly run hospitals to privately run hospitals. In terms of equipment, private hospitals 'costs per bed are 50-60 % of those at publicly run hospitals. In terms of patient turnover, too, private hospitals perform better, with a rate 1.5 times that of public hospitals.
以目前公立醫院與民營醫院比較為例，莊逸洲指出，以硬體而言，民營醫院一床的成本只需公立醫院的五成到六成；床位的周轉率，私立醫院是公營醫院的一．五倍。