Identifying competitive strategies to improve the performance of hospitals in a competitive environment

Table 4 Pearson correlation analysis

Name of variables	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1 Private non-profit hospital
2 Private for-profit hospitals	−0.535**
3 Regional hospital	−0.357**	0.327*
4 Organizational size	−0.049	−0.050	−0.654**
5 Implementation requirements	0.188	−0.220	−0.378**	0.489**
6 Strategic orientation	−0.347**	0.248	−0.003	0.351**	0.295*
7 Action complexity	−0.140	0.089	−0.386**	0.560**	0.497**	0.593**
8 Perception performance	−0.420**	0.135	−0.101	0.351**	0.625**	0.592**	0.088
9 Objective performance	0.041	0.097	−0.721**	0.803**	0.253	0.647**	0.242	0.377**

Number of samples (n = 20) is based on natural logarithm of organizational size and objective performance
***.Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). **.Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)
*.Correlation is significant at the 0.10 level (2-tailed)