Table 1 Inputs and outputs employed to gauge the efficiency and productivity change.

From: Efficiency evaluation, regional technological heterogeneity and determinant of total factor productivity change in China’s healthcare system

Inputs

 Number of medical staff (10,000)

 Number of medical institutions (10,000)

 Number of medical beds (10,000)

 Government health expenditure (100 million CNY)

Outputs

 Number of patients treated (100 million)

 Number of hospitalizations (100 million)