Table 5 Impact of healthcare workers on efficiency in rural areas
From: An analysis of factors influencing technical efficiency of health expenditures in China
Variable | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall efficiency | First-stage efficiency | Second-stage efficiency | ||||
Coefficient | P | Coefficient | P | Coefficient | P | |
Doctors (x1) | 0.450 | 0.281 | 0.038 | 0.935 | 0.862 | 0.047 |
Nurses (x2) | 0.597 | 0.426 | 0.398 | 0.631 | 0.751 | 0.337 |
Pharmacists (x3) | 1.201 | 0.763 | 0.577 | 0.896 | 2.905 | 0.484 |
Medical technologists (x4) | 4.321 | 0.393 | 6.956 | 0.213 | 1.272 | 0.809 |
Trainees (x5) | 0.540 | 0.594 | 0.067 | 0.952 | 1.118 | 0.290 |
Village doctors (x6) | 1.020 | 0.000 | 1.282 | 0.000 | 0.719 | 0.000 |
Nonmedical technologists (x7) | 5.213 | 0.206 | 4.668 | 0.304 | 6.115 | 0.155 |
Health administrators (x8) | − 5.318 | 0.099 | − 2.899 | 0.415 | − 8.548 | 0.011 |