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Table 3 Number of hospitals and cases for complex esophageal interventions in 2006, 2008, and 2010 and number of cases per quintile

From: Minimum volume standards in German hospitals: do they get along with procedure centralization? A retrospective longitudinal data analysis

 

2006

2008

2010

p

Hospitals with no. of cases ≥ 1

271

275

283

 

Change to 2006

-

+1,5 %

+4,4 %

 

Annual no. of cases

3315

3422

3576

 

Change to 2006

-

+3,2 %

+7,9 %

 

  Min. – max.

1–150

1–124

1–112

 

  Median

10,00

10,00

10,00

 

  Mean (SD)

12,23 (13,8)

12,44 (14,1)

12,64 (14,2)

 

Hospitals complying MVS*: 10 per year

154 (56,8 %)

148 (53,8 %)

160 (56,5 %)

 

No. of cases in hospitals complying MVS

2809 (84,7 %)

2875 (84,0 %)

3066 (85,7 %)

 

Hospitals not complying MVS

117 (43,2 %)

127 (46,2 %)

123 (43,5 %)

 

No. of cases in hospitals not complying MVS

506 (15,3 %)

547 (16,0 %)

510 (14,3 %)

 

Quintile 1 hospitals

54

55

57

 

No. of cases

1636

1800

1857

0,302**

 Percentage of annual cases

49,4 %

52,6 %

51,9 %

 

  Min. – max.

16–150

17–124

17–112

 

  Median

22,50

24,00

23,00

 

  Mean (SD)

30,30 (22,0)

32,73 (20,3)

32,58 (20,7)

 

Quintile 2 hospitals

54

55

56

 

No. of cases

696

687

729

0,165**

 Percentage of annual cases

21,0 %

20,1 %

20,4 %

 

  Min. – max.

11–16

11–16

11–17

 

  Median

12,50

12,00

12,00

 

  Mean (SD)

12,89 (1,5)

12,49 (1,6)

13,02 (1,8)

 

Quintile 3 hospitals

55

55

57

 

No. of cases

557

537

569

0,040**

 Percentage of annual cases

16,8 %

15,7 %

15,9 %

 

  Min. – max.

8–11

8–11

8–11

 

  Median

10,00

10,00

10,00

 

  Mean (SD)

10,13 (0,7)

9,76 (0,8)

9,98 (0,6)

 

Quintile 4 hospitals

54

55

56

 

No. of cases

321

297

325

0,092**

 Percentage of annual cases

9,7 %

8,7 %

9,1 %

 

  Min. – max.

4–8

4–8

3–8

 

  Median

6,00

5,00

6,00

 

  Mean (SD)

5,94 (1,3)

5,40 (1,3)

5,80 (1,4)

 

Quintile 5 hospitals

54

55

57

 

No. of cases

105

101

96

0,405**

 Percentage of annual cases

3,2 %

3,0 %

2,7 %

0,999#

  Min. – max.

1–4

1–4

1–3

 

  Median

2,00

2,00

2,00

 

  Mean (SD)

1,94 (0,9)

1,84 (1,0)

1,68 (0,8)

 
  1. *minimum volume standards; **Kruskal-Wallis-test; # chi-square-test