Do relationships exist between the scope and intensity of quality improvement activities and hospital operation performance? A 10-year observation in Taiwan

Table 6 Examination of the influence of the number of QI activities in the previous period on performance

	Number of discharges		Length of stay, days		Occupation of beds, %		Turnover of beds, %		Number of inpatients		Number of outpatients
	β	s.e	β	s.e	Β	s.e	β	s.e	β	s.e	β	s.e
Scope of QIA in previous period	−103.84	67.43	0.04	0.39	−0.16	0.23	−0.01	0.09	117.65	92.72	−140.71	2708.73
Intensity of QIA in previous period	276.44	168.10	−0.27	0.43	0.55	0.42	0.37^*	0.18	473.65^***	140.84	6509.07	4775.10

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