Technical efficiency of provincial public healthcare in South Africa

Table 5 Health technical and scale efficiency scores.

Province	Health model 1	Health model 2	Health model 3	Health model 4	Health model 5	Health model 6	Scale efficiency
Eastern Cape	0.064	0.035	0.063	1000	1000	1000	0.064	DRS	0.035	DRS	0.063	DRS
Free State	0.137	0.137	0.607	0.313	0.313	0.670	0.440	DRS	0.440	DRS	0.906	DRS
Gauteng	1.000	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	–	1000	–	1000	–
KwaZulu-Natal	0.300	0.300	0.375	1000	1000	1000	0.300	DRS	0.300	DRS	0.375	DRS
Limpopo	0.300	0.300	0.648	1000	1000	1000	0.300	DRS	0.300	DRS	0.648	DRS
Mpumalanga	0.129	0.129	0.504	0.143	0.143	0.542	0.900	IRS	0.900	IRS	0.930	IRS
Northern Cape	0.183	0.183	1000	0.417	0.417	1.000	0.440	DRS	0.440	DRS	1.000	–
North West	0.800	0.800	1000	1000	1000	1000	0.800	IRS	0.800	IRS	1.000	–
Western Cape	0.300	0.300	0.552	0.333	0.333	0.635	0.900	IRS	0.900	IRS	0.870	DRS
Mean	0.357	0.354	0.639	0.690	0.690	0.872	0.572		0.568		0.755

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