Table 5

Classification of technical efficiency scores and scale returns by hospital location

	TE		PTE		SE
	Stage 1	Stage 3	Stage 1	Stage 3	Stage 1	Stage 3
Total	68
Mean	0.788	0.809	0.876	0.883	0.903	0.917
SD	0.155	0.146	0.143	0.129	0.113	0.103
Min	0.410	0.454	0.499	0.542	0.536	0.562
Eastern	17
Mean	0.826	0.844	0.915	0.910	0.906	0.928
SD	0.122	0.117	0.115	0.102	0.096	0.087
Min	0.633	0.692	0.663	0.701	0.735	0.722
Southern	20
Mean	0.797	0.805	0.881	0.886	0.906	0.908
SD	0.164	0.159	0.144	0.124	0.117	0.116
Min	0.517	0.481	0.625	0.653	0.561	0.562
Western	6
Mean	0.857	0.860	0.923	0.942	0.929	0.910
SD	0.129	0.128	0.093	0.062	0.110	0.103
Min	0.689	0.701	0.774	0.845	0.721	0.756
Northern	17
Mean	0.753	0.796	0.853	0.868	0.893	0.923
SD	0.150	0.149	0.152	0.145	0.136	0.118
Min	0.485	0.533	0.499	0.542	0.536	0.578
Central	8
Mean	0.709	0.731	0.792	0.807	0.892	0.907
SD	0.207	0.168	0.190	0.177	0.114	0.090
Min	0.410	0.454	0.562	0.589	0.725	0.771