Exploring the networking behaviors of hospital organizations

Table 1 Descriptive statistics of independent variables

Variables	Changing/ Constant	2003				2004				2005				2006				2007				2008
Variables	Changing/ Constant	Mean	StD	Min	Max	Mean	StD	Min	Max	Mean	StD	Min	Max	Mean	StD	Min	Max	Mean	StD	Min	Max	Mean	StD	Min	Max
LHA	Constant	3.00	1.81	1.00	6.00
Staffed beds	Changing	183.03	164.68	20.00	730.00	167.83	146.70	20.00	661.00	168.17	145.27	20.00	650.00	167.83	146.70	20.00	661.00	167.83	146.70	20.00	661.00	132.97	129.73	20.00	572.00
Case-mix	Changing	1.03	0.13	0.81	1.40	1.03	0.13	0.81	1.40	1.02	0.12	0.70	1.42	1.03	0.11	0.66	1.29	0.92	0.20	0.00	1.24	0.90	0.12	0.66	1.22
N° common specialties	Constant	15	7.32	1	31
Productivity	Changing	35.65	16.80	5.45	79.40	42.92	23.13	9.21	130.44	50.93	27.10	11.21	136.37	32.49	16.24	5.74	77.16	28.10	14.72	0.00	60.00	38.10	19.78	6.51	103.49
Emergency. admissions	Changing	31.657	25.53	0	71	35.74	24.25	0.00	71.00	37.35	24.54	0	74	34.77	28.07	0	79	34.69	27.44	0	75	31.26	25.55	0	71
Geographic distance	Constant	65.69	29.61	0	133

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