Table 1 Inputs, outputs and explanatory variables and their explanation
Category | Variable (Type of variable) | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
Inputs | Total expenditure (continuous) | Capital consumption and defray in the process of service provision and other activities, including healthcare, drug and medicine expenditures |
Number of doctors (continuous) | Registered doctors at the end of year, excluding retirees and temporary staff | |
Number of nurses (continuous) | Registered nurses at the end of year, excluding retirees and temporary staff | |
Number of open beds (continuous) | Actual bed used at the end of the year (not registered beds) | |
Number of devices over 10,000 Chinese Yuan (continuous) | Sample hospital that owns medical devices worth more than 10,000 Yuan | |
Outputs | Total revenue (continuous) | Revenue gained from service provision and other activities, including healthcare revenue, drug and medicine sales and financial subsidies |
Number of patient discharges (continuous) | Number of discharged patients after hospitalisation in sample hospitals at the end of year | |
Number of outpatient and emergency visits (continuous) | Number of patients coming for outpatient and emergency diagnostic services in sample hospitals at the end of the year | |
Number of health examination (continuous) | Number of health check ups for women and children conducted by the sample hospital, including prenatal examination and postpartum visit | |
Factors | Population (continuous) | Population in the region where the sample hospital is located |
GDP per capita (continuous) | GDP per capita in the region where the sample hospital is located | |
Financial subsidy (continuous) | Amount of financial subsidy from the government that hospitals can receive in a financial year | |
Proportion of health professionals (continuous) | As a percentage (%) of all employees in the hospital. Health professionals include doctors, nurses, pharmacists, inspection technicians and image technicians | |
Number of health workers who received job training (continuous) | Number of health workers in sample hospitals who received related job training at the end of the year | |
Average annual income of staff (continuous) | Average annual income of employees in sample hospitals, including wages, bonuses and subsidies |