Table 4.

Output oriented DEA efficiency scores for Table 2 descriptive statistics of the input and outputs for Regional Referral and large PNFP hospitals (n = 17)

Hospital	Efficiency scores			Returns to scale	Reference set (lambda weights)
	CRS_TE	VRS_TE	Scale
Gulu	1	1	1	Constant returns to scale
Hoima	1	1	1	Constant returns to scale
Mbale	0.940133	1	0.940133	Diminishing returns to scale
Moroto	1	1	1	Constant returns to scale
Masaka	0.8954	1	0.8954	Diminishing returns to scale
Lira	0.900694	1	0.900694	Diminishing returns to scale
Nsambya	0.431078	1	0.431078	Diminishing returns to scale
St. Mary’s Lacor	0.692294	1	0.692294	Diminishing returns to scale
Mbarara	0.861657	0.976592	0.88231	Diminishing returns to scale	Masaka (0.406617), Mbale (0.309851), Gulu (0.097515), Hoima (0.162609)
Soroti	0.850387	0.941373	0.903348	Diminishing returns to scale	Gulu (0.260962) Hoima (0.250726) Mbale (0.323689); Moroto (0.105996)
Fort Portal	0.76477	0.921675	0.829762	Diminishing returns to scale	Hoima (0.037365) Masaka (0.884309)
Jinja	0.70878	0.86767	0.816877	Diminishing returns to scale	Masaka (0.640645) St. Mary’s Lacor (0.114007); Mbale (0.113018)
Arua	0.75922	0.855481	0.887478	Diminishing returns to scale	Gulu (0.055922) ;Mbale (0.008273), Masaka (0.791286)
Mubende	0.847976	0.850297	0.99727	Increasing returns to scale	Gulu (0.064533), Hoima (0.318159); Mbale (0.005493); Moroto (0.462112)
Kabale	0.81319	0.843276	0.964323	Increasing returns to scale	Masaka (0.125589) Hoima (0.702674); Lira (0.015013)
Rubaga	0.524107	0.762422	0.687424	Increasing returns to scale	Gulu (0.126505) Nsambya (0.19374);Masaka (0.442177)
Naguru	0.509215	0.523887	0.971994	Increasing returns to scale	Gulu (0.408324), Moroto (0.077042)
Min	0.431078	0.523887	0.431078
Max	1	1	1
Mean	0.794053	0.914275	0.870611
SD	0.174409	0.125919	0.149222