Table 6 Impact of healthcare workers on provincial efficiency
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) | 1.769 | 0.002 | 2.282 | 0.003 | 0.906 | 0.222 |
Nurses (x2) | 1.386 | 0.003 | 1.018 | 0.113 | 1.365 | 0.027 |
Pharmacists (x3) | − 3.851 | 0.122 | − 6.966 | 0.039 | − 1.204 | 0.711 |
Medical technologists (x4) | 2.192 | 0.566 | 5.139 | 0.321 | 3.354 | 0.502 |
Trainees (x5) | 0.908 | 0.210 | 0.269 | 0.785 | 1.050 | 0.268 |
Village doctors (x6) | 1.470 | 0.000 | 1.677 | 0.000 | 1.191 | 0.000 |
Nonmedical technologists (x7) | − 3.514 | 0.038 | − 5.012 | 0.029 | − 0.637 | 0.773 |
Health administrators (x8) | − 2.568 | 0.030 | − 2.024 | 0.208 | − 1.869 | 0.227 |