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Table 4 The predictors of the hospital efficiency

From: Evaluating the comparative efficiency of medical centers in Taiwan: a dynamic data envelopment analysis application

Variable

CRS

  

VRS

 

Estimate

Std. Error

z value

Pr( >|z|)

Variable

Estimate

Std. Error

z value

Pr( >|z|)

Intercept

-10.918

2.773

-3.937

0.000

***

Intercept

-19.610

2.288

-8.569

0.000

***

Pop

0.033

0.017

1.966

0.049

*

Kidp

95.825

11.625

8.243

0.000

***

Oldp

-5.941

4.934

-1.204

0.229

 

M_reve

0.056

0.032

1.760

0.078

 

Kidp

26.782

11.899

2.251

0.024

*

Reemerg

-45.954

17.378

-2.644

0.008

**

Assets

-0.003

0.003

-0.841

0.401

 

NPR

0.638

0.265

2.407

0.016

*

M_reve

0.064

0.030

2.091

0.037

*

Occu

7.133

1.017

7.016

0.000

***

CMI

1.688

0.849

1.989

0.047

*

SelfPay

-0.046

0.007

-6.784

0.000

***

Occu

8.472

1.277

6.635

0.000

***

Mgain

-9.382

3.894

-2.409

0.016

*

SelfPay

-0.009

0.017

-0.524

0.601

 

2016

0.455

0.192

2.373

0.018

*

Public hospital

0.056

0.288

0.195

0.845

 

2017

0.983

0.219

4.497

0.000

***

Foundation

1.178

0.279

4.227

0.000

***

2018

1.266

0.229

5.529

0.000

***

Religious hospital

1.054

0.345

3.051

0.002

**

Public hospital

-1.125

0.250

-4.505

0.000

***

      

Foundation

1.000

0.249

4.021

0.000

***

      

Religious hospital

-0.232

0.254

-0.911

0.362

 
  1. * < 0.05; ** < 0.001; *** < 0.000
  2. a(E1)Pop: Population in 1000,000; (E2)Oldp: ratio of population aged above 65; (E3)Kip: ratio of population aged below 14; (E4)Assets: assets; (E5)M_reve: medical surplus or deficit of appropriation in 100 million NTD; (E7)Reemerg: three-day re-emergence rate; (E9)CMI: case-mix index; (E10)NPR: nurse-patient ratio; (E11)Occu: bed occupancy rate; (E12)SelfPay: patient self-pay revenues in 100 million NTD; (E13) Mgain: medical profit margin rate'