Table 5 Ordinary least square (OLS) analysis of top 10 operation management measures with the highest overall importance: financial balance (in descending order of estimates)

0.1374338

0.0022465

61.1767569

0.0000000

0.1374338

Admitted patients

-0.1228610

0.0063255

-19.4230940

0.0000000

0.1228610

Registrations

0.0849750

0.0072536

11.7148396

0.0000000

0.0849750

Inpatient treatment

0.0822597

0.0050059

16.4324791

0.0000000

0.0822597

Building depreciation

0.0545288

0.0052419

10.4023853

0.0000000

0.0545288

Pharmacy

0.0441640

0.0030110

14.6674961

0.0000000

0.0441640

Outpatient pharmaceutical

-0.0327251

0.0074110

-4.4157196

0.0000108

0.0327251

Inpatient examination

0.0271616

0.0040582

6.6930575

0.0000000

0.0271616

Inpatient pharmaceutical

0.0162474

0.0041011

3.9616847

0.0000781

0.0162474

Utilities & maintenance expenses

0.0153802

0.0038892

3.9545921

0.0000804

0.0153802

Labor costs

0.0052401

0.0054199

0.9668194

0.3337969

0.0052401