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Table 7 Number of hospitals and cases for liver transplantations in 2006, 2008, and 2010 and number of cases per tercile

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

 

2006

2008

2010

 

Hospitals with no. of cases ≥ 1

23

23

23

 

Change to 2006

-

0,0 %

0,0 %

 

Annual no. of cases

1381

1386

1464

 

Change to 2006

-

+0,4 %

+6,0 %

 

  Min. – max.

16–143

11–146

17–160

 

  Median

51,00

47,00

60,00

 

  Mean (SD)

60,04 (36,7)

60,26 (37,9)

63,65 (35,7)

 

Hospitals complying MVS*: 20 per year

22 (95,7 %)

20 (87,0 %)

22 (95,7 %)

 

No. of cases in hospitals complying MVS

1365 (98,8 %)

1349 (97,3 %)

1447 (98,8 %)

 

Hospitals not complying MVS

1 (4,3 %)

3 (13,0 %)

1 (4,3 %)

 

No. of cases in hospitals not complying MVS

16 (1,2 %)

37 (2,7 %)

17 (1,2 %)

 

Tercile 1 hospitals

7

7

7

 

No. of cases

739

748

749

0,989**

 Percentage of annual cases

53,5 %

54,0 %

51,2 %

 

  Min. – max.

65–143

80–146

90–160

 

  Median

103,00

102,00

97,00

 

  Mean (SD)

105,57 (29,6)

106,86 (24,4)

107,00 (24,4)

 

Tercile 2 hospitals

8

8

8

 

No. of cases

426

444

483

0,428**

 Percentage of annual cases

30,8 %

32,0 %

33,0 %

 

  Min. – max.

46–60

42–70

43–81

 

  Median

53,50

55,50

60,00

 

  Mean (SD)

53,25 (5,4)

55,50 (13,3)

60,38 (12,2)

 

Tercile 3 hospitals

8

8

8

 

No. of cases

216

194

232

0,578**

 Percentage of annual cases

15,6 %

14,0 %

15,8 %

0,990#

  Min. – max.

16–41

11–41

17–43

 

  Median

24,50

20,50

28,50

 

  Mean (SD)

27,00 (8,5)

24,25 (12,5)

29,00 (9,4)

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