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Table 4 Results of the Cobb–Douglas (CD) and Flexible AM models for Cluster 1

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

Model

Effects

Coefficients

df

P-value

R2(× 100%)

AIC

CD

Beds

0.684

1.00

< 0.001

  

FTEs

−0.128

1.00

0.205

  

Beds X FTEs

0.051

1.00

0.098

63.54

1072.302

Year

−0.010

1.00

0.683

  

Hospital

 

2.00

0.848

  

AM

s (Beds)

4.38

0.193

  

s (FTEs)

5.42

0.018

  

s (Beds,FTEs)

15.16

0.041

78.50

875.337

Year

0.015

1.00

0.453

  

Hospital

 

2.00

0.970

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