Table 3.
Descriptive statistics of continuous variables
| Variable name | Years | Min. | Max. | Mean | Std. Dev. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Efficiency score | 2012–2016 | 0.42 | 1.00 | 0.83 | 0.16 |
| 2012 | 0.50 | 1.00 | 0.79 | 0.18 | |
| 2013 | 0.47 | 1.00 | 0.83 | 0.16 | |
| 2014 | 0.51 | 1.00 | 0.81 | 0.16 | |
| 2015 | 0.55 | 1.00 | 0.86 | 0.13 | |
| 2016 | 0.42 | 1.00 | 0.85 | 0.15 | |
| Government financial assistance | 2012–2016 | 0.00 | 0.82 | 0.19 | 0.17 |
| Physical area of the hospital | 806.00 | 136,000.00 | 21,088.68 | 23,472.26 | |
| Actual number of open beds | 15.00 | 1470.00 | 342.66 | 307.36 | |
| Number of healthcare technicians | 18.00 | 1403.00 | 343.18 | 295.22 | |
| Total fixed assets | 1264.00 | 635,559.00 | 56,597.50 | 84,562.53 | |
| Daily charge per bed (Cost of every bed-day in hospital: yuan/bed-day) | 0.30 | 2.89 | 0.83 | 0.28 | |
| Medical costs per 100-yuan medical income | 0.0009 | 0.0247 | 0.0106 | 0.0022 | |
| Total assets turnover | 0.09 | 6.06 | 1.20 | 0.70 | |
| Ratio of revenue and expenditure | −3.686 | 98.018 | 22.45 | 16.37 | |
| Asset-liability ratio | 0.00 | 102.03 | 44.95 | 25.21 | |
| Per capita gross domestic product (GDP) | 12,969.47 | 91,552.13 | 37,720.33 | 19,792.18 | |
| Number of healthcare technicians per 1000 people (person) | 1.70 | 17.70 | 4.42 | 2.73 | |
| Population density | 0.01 | 0.40 | 0.07 | 0.10 | |
| Density of medical institutions | 0.06 | 1.92 | 0.35 | 0.41 | |
| Urbanization rate | 27.120 | 95.70 | 49.27 | 20.35 |
Note: The efficiency score is technical efficiency derived from the result of the DEA model. DEAP 2.1 software was used