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Table 2 The German states, size, population and hospitals in 2004

From: Evaluating compulsory minimum volume standards in Germany: how many hospitals were compliant in 2004?

German states

surface* (km2)

inhabitants* (millions)

inhabitants*/km2

acute care hospitals with quality report

acute care hospitals with minimum volumes

Baden-WĂĽrttemberg

35,752

10,7

299

212

54 (25%)

Bavaria

70,549

12,4

176

306

48 (16%)

Berlin

892

3,4

3811

53

26 (49%)

Brandenburg

29,478

2,6

88

49

11 (22%)

Bremen

404

0,66

1633

12

9 (75%)

Hamburg

755

1,7

2251

35

12 (34%)

Hesse

21,115

6,1

287

130

27 (21%)

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

23,179

1,7

73

30

7 (23%)

Lower Saxony

47,620

8,0

168

173

41 (25%)

North Rhine-Westphalia

34,084

18,1

531

369

143 (24%)

Rhineland-Palatinate

19,854

4,1

207

91

22 (25%)

Saarland

2,569

1,1

428

25

6 (24%)

Saxony

18,415

4,3

233

75

27 (36%)

Saxony-Anhalt

20,446

2,5

122

45

15 (33%)

Schleswig-Holstein

15,763

2,8

178

61

17 (28%)

Thuringia

16,172

2.4

148

44

20 (45%)

Germany total

357,046

82,5

231

1710

485 (28%)

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