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Table 6 Results of the Cobb–Douglas (CD) and Flexible AM Cluster 3 models

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

Model

Effects

Coefficients

df

P-value

R2(× 100%)

AIC

CD

Beds

0.904

1.00

< 0.001

  

FTEs

−0.057

1.00

0.545

  

Beds X FTEs

−0.011

1.00

0.772

77.96

 

Year

0.023

1.00

0.363

 

777.311

Hospital

 

2.00

0.418

  

AM

s (Beds)

4.20

< 0.001

  

s (FTEs)

6.10

0.037

  

s (Beds,FTEs)

16.41

0.022

86.50

619.218

Year

0.021

1.00

0.293

  

Hospital

 

2.00

0.814

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