Measuring productivity of healthcare services under environmental constraints: evidence from China

Table 1 Descriptive statistics of variables

Indicator		symbol	Unit	Sample size	Minimum	maximum	Mean	standard deviation	variation coefficient
Input	Healthcare personnel	HW	pPerson	372	8064	636,575	196,693	130,381	0.663
Input	Fixed assets	Cap	Million yuan	372	86,857	12,797,953	3,243,027	2,512,375	0.775
Output	Total number of outpatient consultations	OP	Person-time	372	4,612,351	551,857,596	116,626,362	101,404,835	0.869
	Number of admissions	IP	Person-time	372	78,764	15,951,005	4,590,540	3,560,248	0.776
	Carbon dioxide emissions	CO₂	Gg	372	0.363	34.713	10.659	7.332	0.688
	Chemical Oxygen Demand	COD	Tons	372	148	13,495	4080	2797	0.686
	Ammonia nitrogen	NH₃-N	Tons	372	20	1998	618	425	0.688

GG is a unit of CO₂ emissions measured in the IPCC climate list, 1GG = 1000 tons

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