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Table 5 Explanatory factors for hospital and health center technical efficiency (2019 data)

From: Advancing universal health coverage in the COVID-19 era: an assessment of public health services technical efficiency and applied cost allocation in Cambodia

VARIABLES

Hospital Services Model (1)

Health Center Services Model (2)

Population (per 100,000)

0.033*

−0.003

 

(0.015)

(0.013)

Hospital quality scores

−0.050*

 
 

(0.020)

 

Hospital quality scores (squared)

0.000*

 
 

(0.000)

 

Large-scale private healthcare providers

−0.001**

 
 

(0.000)

 

Hospital discretionary resources (logged)

0.055

 
 

(0.071)

 

Hospital non-discretionary resources (logged)

−0.241

 
 

(0.139)

 

Hospital utilization rate (per 1000)

 

−0.006***

  

(1.421)

Health Center utilization rate (per 1000)

 

0.000***

  

(0.123)

Health center quality scores

 

−0.058*

  

(0.029)

Health center quality scores (squared)

 

0.000

  

(0.000)

Small-scale private healthcare providers

 

0.001*

  

(0.000)

Small-scale private healthcare providers (squared)

 

−0.000***

  

(0.000)

Health center discretionary resources (logged)

 

0.074

  

(0.064)

Health center non-discretionary resources (logged)

 

−0.241*

  

(0.096)

sigma

0.078***

0.064***

 

(0.013)

(0.010)

Constant

5.048*

5.501***

 

(2.235)

(1.045)

Observations

116

1222

Wald Chi2

18.85

81.56

  1. Standard errors in parentheses.
  2. *** p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05