Table 2 Descriptive statistics for the selected input and output variables for 2016 and 2017
From: Efficiency and management factors: finding the balance in Thalassaemia care centres
Measures | 2016 | 2017 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Minimum | Maximum | Mean | SD | Minimum | Maximum | |
Inputs | ||||||||
 Number of doctors | 5.87 | 3.27 | 1.00 | 13.54 | 6.68 | 4.24 | 1.00 | 17.13 |
 Number of nurses | 5.30 | 3.84 | 1.00 | 14.00 | 5.47 | 4.10 | 1.00 | 16.00 |
 Number of day-care beds | 13.93 | 6.60 | 3.00 | 27.00 | 14.43 | 7.48 | 3.00 | 36.00 |
 Drug costs (MYR) | 802,797.70 | 880,995.60 | 17,783.69 | 4,279,149.00 | 1,185,664.00 | 1,137,297.00 | 5195.12 | 4,741,593.00 |
Outputs | ||||||||
 Total blood transfusions | 462.27 | 462.71 | 21.00 | 1968.00 | 608.40 | 581.49 | 11.00 | 2507.00 |
 Total patients achieving blood target level of ferritin | 30.77 | 29.95 | 2.00 | 116.00 | 35.97 | 31.83 | 2.00 | 111.00 |