Evaluation of Health Resource Allocation Efficiency Based on Data Envelopment Analysis 2014–2018 in Two Dimensions of Time-Region
Table 4
Comparison of health resource allocation efficiency in eastern, central and western regions of China from 2014 to 2018.
Time
Index
Region
Eastern
Western
Central
2014
Comprehensive efficiency
1.000
1.000
1.000
Pure technical efficiency
1.000
1.000
1.000
Scale efficiency
1.000
1.000
1.000
Returns to scale
—
—
—
2015
Comprehensive efficiency
0.994
0.987
0.977
Pure technical efficiency
1.000
0.998
0.986
Scale efficiency
0.994
0.989
0.991
Returns to scale
irs
irs
irs
2016
Comprehensive efficiency
1.000
0.995
0.989
Pure technical efficiency
1.000
1.000
0.990
Scale efficiency
1.000
0.995
0.998
Returns to scale
—
Irs
irs
2017
Comprehensive efficiency
1.000
0.996
0.996
Pure technical efficiency
1.000
1.000
1.000
Scale efficiency
1.000
0.996
1.996
Returns to scale
—
irs
irs
2018
Comprehensive efficiency
1.000
1.000
1.000
Pure technical efficiency
1.000
1.000
1.000
Scale efficiency
1.000
1.000
1.000
Returns to scale
—
—
—
: crste is the technical efficiency without considering the return to scale; vrste is the technical efficiency considering returns to scale; scale is scale efficiency considering returns to scale.
