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Table 4 Scale efficiency statistics and returns to scale

From: The effect of environmental factors on technical and scale efficiency of primary health care providers in Greece

 

NHS primary care centers

IKA primary care centers

Statistics

Small (N = 36)

Medium (N = 35)

Large (N = 32)

Small (N = 30)

Medium (N = 25)

Large (N = 36)

   Mean

74.33

87.53

97.01

77.77

95.55

95.68

   Median

80.36

91.09

98.52

77.99

98.59

99.43

   Minimum

27.18

45.56

83.65

44.10

75.61

74.63

   Maximum

100.00

100.00

100.00

98.64

100.00

100.00

Returns to Scale (% N)

      

   Increasing (IRS)

32 (88.9%)

32 (91.4%)

22 (68.7%)

30 (100.0%)

17 (68.0%)

12 (33.3%)

   Constant (CRS)

3 (8.3%)

2 (5.7%)

2 (6.3%)

0 (0.0%)

6 (24.0%)

8 (22.2%)

   Decreasing (DRS)

1 (2.8%)

1 (2.9%)

8 (25.0%)

0 (0.0%)

2 (8.0%)

16 (44.4%)

  1. Note: Size designated according to catchment population, i.e. small (<15,000), medium (15,000–30,000) and large (>30,000)