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Table 7 Total health expenditure and health staff radial and slack movements: VRS.

From: Technical efficiency of provincial public healthcare in South Africa

Provinces

Eastern Cape

Free State

Gauteng

KwaZulu-Natal

Limpopo

Mpumalanga

Northern Cape

North West

Western Cape

Total

Model 4: VRS THE only

 Original input

22,000,000

8,000,000

1,000,000

4,000,000

4,000,000

7,000,000

6,000,000

1,000,000

3,000,000

56,000,000

 Input radial movement

–

(5,500,000)

–

–

–

(6,000,000)

(3,500,000)

–

(2,000,000)

(17,000,000)

 Input slack movement

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

 Input target

22,000,000

2,500,000

1,000,000

4,000,000

4,000,000

1,000,000

2,500,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

39,000,000

 Original output

14

11

10

12

12

9

11

8

9

96

 Output radial movement

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

 Output slack movement

–

–

–

–

–

1

–

2

1

4

 Output target

14

11

10

12

12

10

11

10

10

 

 DMU peers

1

4;3

3

4

5

3

4;3

3

3

 

Model 5: VRS THS only

 Original input

40,000

8000

1000

4000

4000

7000

6000

1000

3000

74,000

 Input radial movement

–

(5500)

–

–

–

(6000)

(3500)

–

(2000)

(17,000)

 Input slack movement

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

 Input target

40,000

2500

1000

4000

4000

1000

2500

1000

1000

57,000

 Original output

14

11

10

12

12

9

11

8

9

96

 Output radial movement

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

 Output slack movement

–

–

–

–

–

1

–

2

1

4

 Output target

14

11

10

12

12

10

11

10

10

100

 DMU peers

1

3;4

3

4

4

3

3

3

3

 

Model 6: VRS THS and THE

 THS original input

40,000

8000

1000

4000

4000

7000

6000

1000

3000

74,000

 THS radial movement

–

(2644)

–

–

–

(3202)

–

–

(1094)

(6940)

 THS slack movement

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

 THS target

40,000

5356

1000

4000

4000

3798

6000

1000

1906

67,060

 THE original input

424,000

17,000

66,000

68,000

33,000

20,000

6000

17,000

31,000

682,000

 THE radial movement

–

(5618)

–

–

–

(9153)

–

–

(11,305)

(26,076)

 THE slack movement

–

–

–

(35,000)

–

–

–

–

–

(35,000)

 THE target

424,000

11,382

66,000

33,000

33,000

10,847

6000

17,000

19,695

620,924

 Original output

14

11

10

12

12

9

11

8

9

96

 Output radial movement

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

 Output slack movement

–

–

–

–

–

0.678

–

–

–

0.678

 Output target

14

11

10

12

12

9.7

11

8

9

97

 DMU peers

1

5;8;7

3

5

5

7;8

7

8

7;5;8

 
  1. DMU decision-making unit, THE total health expenditure, THS total health staff, VRS variable returns to scale