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Table 3 Results of the Cobb–Douglas (CD) and Flexible AM models for the global SERGAS

From: Using flexible regression models for calculating hospital’s production functions

Model

Effects

Coefficients

df

P-value

R2(× 100%)

AIC

CD

Beds

1.030

1.00

< 0.001

  

FTEs

0.147

1.00

0.004

  

Beds X FTEs

−0.053

1.00

< 0.001

78.34

2599.273

Year

−0.011

1.00

0.477

  

Hospital

 

9.00

< 0.001

  

AM

s (Beds)

5.44

< 0.001

  

s (FTEs)

5.32

< 0.001

  

s (Beds,FTEs)

15.00

< 0.001

  

Year

−0.006

11.00

0.6897

  

Hospital

 

9.00

< 0.001

82.90

2355.801

  1. AIC Akaike Information Criterion, df degrees of freedom, s() smoother using thin plate splines