Table 2. Total factor productivity effectivity of the 31 provinces in China before the new healthcare reform (2005–2009).

Region	MI	EC	TC	PEC	SEC
Eastern region	0.8559	1.0754	0.7959	1.0097	1.0650
Central region	0.7993	0.9871	0.8098	0.9816	1.0057
Western region	0.8343	1.0254	0.8136	1.0277	0.9978
Tibet	0.9748	1.1643	0.8372	1.2275	0.9486
Shanxi	0.8982	1.0875	0.8259	1.0774	1.0094
Fujian	0.8962	1.0907	0.8217	1.0877	1.0028
Guangdong	0.8937	1.1284	0.7920	0.9981	1.1306
Hebei	0.8913	1.0883	0.8190	1.0311	1.0555
Zhejiang	0.8902	1.1122	0.8004	0.9838	1.1305
Shandong	0.8868	1.0792	0.8218	1.0000	1.0792
Guizhou	0.8778	1.0668	0.8228	1.0718	0.9954
Jiangsu	0.8772	1.1118	0.7890	0.9717	1.1442
Qinghai	0.8723	1.0592	0.8235	1.0619	0.9975
Shanghai	0.8669	1.1100	0.7810	1.0350	1.0725
Guangxi	0.8633	1.0609	0.8137	1.0510	1.0094
Yunnan	0.8610	1.0593	0.8127	1.0082	1.0507
Beijing	0.8516	1.1223	0.7588	0.9986	1.1238
Tianjin	0.8355	1.1011	0.7588	1.1392	0.9665
Henan	0.8345	1.0165	0.8209	1.0000	1.0165
Ningxia	0.8276	1.0025	0.8255	1.0000	1.0025
Inner Mongolia	0.8080	1.0147	0.7963	1.0169	0.9979
Sinkiang	0.8034	1.0279	0.7816	1.0419	0.9865
Hunan	0.8020	0.9774	0.8205	0.9834	0.9938
Hubei	0.7974	0.9947	0.8016	0.9789	1.0162
Sichuan	0.7947	0.9871	0.8051	0.9899	0.9972
Chongqing	0.7926	0.9818	0.8073	0.9827	0.9991
Shaanxi	0.7850	0.9686	0.8104	0.9703	0.9983
Heilongjiang	0.7830	0.9710	0.8064	0.9636	1.0077
Jiangxi	0.7776	0.9673	0.8039	0.9664	1.0010
Gansu	0.7713	0.9311	0.8283	0.9371	0.9936
Hainan	0.7703	0.9730	0.7917	0.9620	1.0115
Liaoning	0.7688	0.9328	0.8242	0.9179	1.0162
Anhui	0.7671	0.9502	0.8073	0.9440	1.0066
Jilin	0.7446	0.9399	0.7922	0.9452	0.9944
Minimum	0.7446	0.9311	0.7588	0.9179	0.9486
Maximum	0.9748	1.1643	0.8372	1.2275	1.1442
Mean	0.8326	1.0327	0.8063	1.0092	1.0232
Degree of efficiency>1	0	19	0	15	19