Table 3.

Pure technical efficiency of sample hospitals before and after the establishment of branched hospitals

Hospital	M-3	M-2	M-1	M	M + 1	M + 2	M + 3
A	0.9910	0.9895	1.0000	0.9660	0.9787	1.0000	0.9943
B	0.9650	1.0000	1.0000	0.9990	0.9733	0.9703	1.0000
C	1.0000	1.0000	1.0000	0.9770	0.9910	0.9940	1.0000
D	0.9650	0.9060	0.9247	0.9367	1.0000	0.9680	0.9760
E	1.0000	1.0000	1.0000	0.9917	0.9940	1.0000	1.0000
Mean	0.9842	0.9791	0.9849	0.9741	0.9874	0.9865	0.9941