“…The outputs are more diversified than inputs in the applications. The most common healthcare products regarded in the hospital efficiency core applications are the number of discharges [ 7 , 70 , 71 , 75 , 83 ], the number of surgeries [ 67 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 83 , 86 ], and the total number of inpatient and outpatient treatments, diagnoses and healthcare income [ 68 , 77 , 81 ]. Childbirth-related outputs are antenatal checkups, deliveries (such as cesarean-section deliveries), abortions, post-natal care, and the number of male and female sterilizations [ 83 , 84 , 86 ].…”