Table 2 Correlation coefficient of input and output variables
From: An analysis of factors influencing technical efficiency of health expenditures in China
Input–output correlation | Government healthcare expenditures | Social healthcare expenditures | Beds | Health facilities | Healthcare workers | Inpatient visits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Social healthcare expenditures | Pearson correlation | 0.895** | |||||
significance | 0.000 | ||||||
Beds | Pearson correlation | 0.795** | 0.577** | ||||
significance | 0.000 | 0.001 | |||||
Healthcare facilities | Pearson correlation | 0.672** | 0.462* | 0.873** | |||
significance | 0.000 | 0.012 | 0.000 | ||||
Healthcare workers | Pearson correlation | 0.843** | 0.655** | 0.947** | 0.892** | ||
significance | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |||
Inpatient visits | Pearson correlation | 0.728** | 0.497** | 0.968** | 0.776** | 0.862** | |
significance | 0.000 | 0.006 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | ||
Outpatient visits | Pearson correlation | 0.872** | 0.745** | 0.839** | 0.818** | 0.948** | 0.728** |
significance | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |