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Table 4 Number of hospitals and cases for total knee replacement 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

855

905

949

 

Change to 2006

-

+5,8 %

+11,0

 

Annual no. of cases

114852

139287

143593

 

Change to 2006

-

+21,3 %

+25 %

 

  Min. – max.

1–979

1–1329

1–1367

 

  Median

93,00

109,00

107,00

 

  Mean (SD)

134,33 (126,7)

153,91 (144,1)

151,31 (140,4)

 

Hospitals complying MVS*: 50 per year

745 (87,1 %)

834 (92,2 %)

870 (91,7 %)

 

No. of cases in hospitals complying MVS

112305 (97,8 %)

137586 (98,8 %)

141597 (98,6 %)

 

Hospitals not complying MVS

110 (12,9 %)

71 (7,8 %)

79 (8,3 %)

 

No. of cases in hospitals not complying MVS

2547 (2,2 %)

1701 (1,2 %)

1996 (1,4 %)

 

Quintile 1 hospitals

171

181

190

 

No. of cases

56617

67795

69609

0,001**

 Percentage of annual cases

49,3 %

48,7 %

48,5 %

 

  Min. – max.

191–979

215–1329

219–1367

 

  Median

276,00

318,00

309,50

 

  Mean (SD)

331,09 (153,4)

374,56 (181,9)

366,36 (177,0)

 

Quintile 2 hospitals

171

181

190

 

No. of cases

25650

30686

31322

<0,001**

 Percentage of annual cases

22,3 %

22,0 %

21,8 %

 

  Min. – max.

117–190

133–215

130–218

 

  Median

147,00

168,00

163,50

 

  Mean (SD)

150,00 (21,3)

169,54 (24,3)

164,85 (23,7)

 

Quintile 3 hospitals

171

181

189

 

No. of cases

16051

19870

20635

<0,001**

 Percentage of annual cases

14,0 %

14,3 %

14,4 %

 

  Min. – max.

75–116

89–153

91–130

 

  Median

93,00

109,00

107,00

 

  Mean (SD)

93,87 (11,9)

109,78 11,5)

109,18 (11,7)

 

Quintile 4 hospitals

171

181

190

 

No. of cases

10857

13302

14042

<0,001**

 Percentage of annual cases

9,5 %

9,6 %

9,8 %

 

  Min. – max.

53–75

60–89

59–91

 

  Median

63,00

74,00

73,00

 

  Mean (SD)

63,49 (6,7)

73,49 (8,1)

73,91 (9,2)

 

Quintile 5 hospitals

171

181

190

 

No. of cases

5677

7634

7985

<0,001**

 Percentage of annual cases

4,9 %

5,5 %

5,6 %

0,999#

  Min. – max.

1–53

1–60

1–59

 

  Median

40,00

51,00

51,00

 

  Mean (SD)

33,20 (18,1)

42,18 (18,0)

42,03 (17,6)

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