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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 26.
Published in final edited form as: Reg Sci Urban Econ. 2014 Feb 22;49:217–231. doi: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2014.02.003

Table 8.

Hospital production functions: inputs’ elasticities.

Ward Output Inputs
Beds Physicians Nurses Others SR hours
Cardiology Discharges 0.63 0.02 −0.05 −0.03
Revenues 0.81 0.06 −0.08 −0.05
General medicine Discharges 0.67 −0.02 0.16 0.01
Revenues 0.66 0.02 0.10 −0.01
Heart surgery Discharges 0.39 0.11 −0.07 −0.12
Revenues 0.34 0.11 −0.13 −0.04
Neurology Discharges 0.79 −0.13 −0.01 −0.001
Revenues 0.78 0.00 0.05 −0.11
Neurosurgery Discharges 0.62 −0.04 0.09 −0.01
Revenues 0.73 −0.12 0.24 −0.11
Oncology Discharges 0.70 −0.10 0.12 0.10
Revenues 0.90 −0.02 0.17 −0.003
Orthopedics Discharges 0.56 0.04 −0.18 0.18
Revenues 0.54 0.09 −0.13 0.13
Surgery Discharges 0.67 0.07 −0.05 0.02
Revenues 0.67 0.08 0.12 −0.11