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Table 3 Input and output variables.

From: Technical efficiency of provincial public healthcare in South Africa

Provinces

Health inputs

Health output

x1 (THE)

x2 (THS)

y1 (IMR)

Eastern Cape

22,771,139

40,424

14

Free State

9,795,191

17,301

11.8

Gauteng

44,132,368

66,124

10.1

KwaZulu-Natal

40,430,163

68,125

12.4

Limpopo

19,522,743

33,848

12.4

Mpumalanga

12,445,693

20,421

9.7

Northern Cape

4,722,157

6924

11.6

North West

11,420,212

17,536

8.1

Western Cape

21,671,137

31,549

9.3

Observations

9

9

9

Mean

20,767,867

33,584

11

Minimum

4,722,157

6924

8

Maximum

44,132,368

68,125

14

Median

19,522,743

31,549

12

Standard deviation

12,794,907

20,302

2

  1. THE is the actual total health expenditure or spending measured in R’000
  2. THS is the total number of people or workers employed in the health sector
  3. IMR refers to the number of deaths per 1000 live births of children under 1 year of age