Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics during 2015–2018
| Variablesa | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2015–2018 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average | SD | Average | SD | Average | SD | Average | SD | Average | SD | |
| I1 | 740 | 354 | 765 | 364 | 794 | 372 | 823 | 384 | 780 | 369 |
| I2 | 1678 | 802 | 1684 | 797 | 1694 | 800 | 1698 | 795 | 1688 | 799 |
| I3 | 3877.8 | 2208 | 4114.5 | 2285.1 | 4272.9 | 2371.2 | 4465.8 | 2469.3 | 4182.7 | 2333.4 |
| C1 | 673.7 | 673 | 975.6 | 1226.8 | 1238.8 | 2046.9 | 1302.5 | 2130.7 | 1047.7 | 1519.4 |
| O1 | 8922.3 | 4698.6 | 9340.7 | 4909.9 | 9897.5 | 5142.1 | 10,372.1 | 5318.6 | 9633.1 | 5017.3 |
| O2 | 982 | 789.7 | 980.9 | 762.5 | 996.5 | 828.9 | 967.5 | 743 | 981.7 | 781 |
| O3 | 0.078 | 0.062 | 0.066 | 0.057 | 0.061 | 0.057 | 0.063 | 0.058 | 0.067 | 0.059 |
aI1: number of doctors; I2: number of beds; I3: gross equipment expenditure in 100 million NTD;
C1: Total Surplus/deficit in 100 million NTD;
O1: combined inpatient and outpatient revenues from NHI in 100 million NTD;
O2: EBITDA value in 10 thousand
O3: (reciprocal)The rate of emergency transfer to inpatient stay over 48 h