Table 1 Comparison of participating hospital with the official German hospital directory data [9]
From: German emergency department measures in 2018: a status quo based on the Utstein reporting standard
Hospital beds | Total | < 400 | 400–799 | ≥ 800 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Participating hospitals | 147 | 70 | 52 | 25 |
Proportion of participating hospitals related to study population | 100% | 47.6% | 35.4% | 17.0% |
Number of hospitals in Germany | 1,864 | 1,453 | 315 | 96 |
Proportion of number of hospitals related to total number of hospitals in Germany | 100.0% | 78.0% | 16.9% | 5.1% |
Proportion of participating hospitals related to total number of hospitals in Germany | 7.9% | 4.8% | 16.5% | 26.0% |