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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of technical and scale efficiency and hospital ranking from 2014/15 to 2016/17

From: Analysis of factors influencing technical efficiency of public district hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa

DH ranking (based on DEA scores)

2014/15

2015/16

2016/17

CRSTE

VRSTE

SE

CRSTE

VRSTE

SE

CRSTE

VRSTE

SE

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

100%

12 (31.6)

22 (57.9)

12 (31.6)

16 (42.1)

19 (50.0)

17 (44.7)

14 (36.8)

21 (55.3)

15 (39.5)

80.0–99.9%

12 (31.6)

7 (18.4)

25 (65.8)

11 (28.9)

12 (31.6)

18 (47.4)

7 (18.4)

9 (23.7)

18 (47.4)

60.0–79.9%

12 (31.6)

7 (18.4)

1 (2.6)

10 (26.3)

6 (15.8)

3 (7.9)

14 (36.8)

7 (18.4)

5 (13.2)

40.0–59.9%

2 (5.3)

2 (5.3)

0 (0.0)

1 (2.6)

1 (2.6)

0 (0.0)

2 (5.3)

1 (2.6)

0 (0.0)

< 40.0%

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (2.6)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Mean

0.851

0.907

0.938

0.874

0.918

0.951

0.825

0.900

0.912

SD

0.140

0.126

0.076

0.137

0.120

0.069

0.168

0.133

0.092

Maximum

1.000

1.000

1.000

1.000

1.000

1.000

1.000

1.000

1.000

Minimum

0.537

0.565

0.647

0.568

0.571

0.772

0.378

0.499

0.705