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Table 2 Statistical description for input, output and explanatory variables of district- and county-level MCHHs

From: Efficiency of health resource utilisation in primary-level maternal and child health hospitals in Shanxi Province, China: a bootstrapping data envelopment analysis and truncated regression approach

Category

Variable

District level

County level

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Inputs

Total expenditure (10,000 RMB)

9942.15 ± 791.14

8650.51 ± 118.19

Number of doctors

18.64 ± 10.97

15.52 ± 9.86

Number of nurses

14.18 ± 7.08

12.61 ± 11.55

Number of open beds

31.81 ± 9.84

27.03 ± 11.23

Number of devices

45.76 ± 6.51

31.90 ± 11.40

Outputs

Total revenue (10,000 RMB)

11,060.88 ± 954.45

9269.32 ± 1063.23

Number of patient discharges

2190.44 ± 687.19

990.03 ± 176.97

Number of outpatient and emergency visits

27,175.58 ± 5561.71

18,558.79 ± 2940.86

Number of health examination

13,756.32 ± 7145.35

13,087.94 ± 3074.63

Factors

Population

444,967.42 ± 197.25

251,604 ± 132.10

GDP per capita (RMB)

41,566.27 ± 224.18

26,179.51 ± 145.50

Financial subsidy (10,000 RMB)

7021.21 ± 454.33

6864.05 ± 767.72

Proportion of health professionals (%)

42.63 ± 3.71

40.34 ± 3.56

Number of health workers who received job training

35.24 ± 2.50

26.67 ± 3.74

Average annual income of staff (RMB)

1313.87 ± 126.74

1106.42 ± 162.56