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Table 1 Survey participants – size of the centers (in patients per year) their multiple sclerosis (MS) specialization and proportion of MS patients using outpatient compared to inpatient services

From: The organisation of physiotherapy for people with multiple sclerosis across Europe: a multicentre questionnaire survey

Region

Countries [N]

Centers asked for participation [N]

Centers participating [N]

Response rate [%]

MS inpatients [median (IQR)]

MS outpatients [median (IQR)]

Total inpatients [median (IQR)]

Total outpatients [median (IQR)]

MS ratio [median (IQR)]

MS inpatient ratio [median (IQR)]

Europe

23

193

72

37

28 (99)

30 (106)

300 (998)

375 (1906)

0.11 (0.47)

0.33 (0.88)

East

3

37

9

24

12 (20)

10 (0)

450 (610)

750 (800)

0.03 (0.06)

0.50 (0.98)

North

7

64

23

36

35 (90)

35 (120)

220 (952)

155 (2124)

0.16 (0.41)

0.42 (0.98)

South

9

70

28

40

20 (70)

48 (124)

300 (976)

500 (1908)

0.11 (0.76)

0.30 (0.64)

West

4

22

12

55

65 (132)

30 (112)

300 (990)

500 (1162)

0.10 (0.36)

0.14 (0.86)

Region

Country

Centers asked for participation [N]

Centers participating [N]

Response rate [%]

MS inpatients [median (IQR)]

MS outpatients [median (IQR)]

Total inpatients [median (IQR)]

Total outpatients [median (IQR)]

MS ratio [median (IQR)]

MS inpatient ratio [median (IQR)]

East

Czech Republic

20

7

35

10 (14)

10 (5)

400 (1265)

852 (725)

0.01 (0.03)

0.33 (0.75)

Poland

13

1

8

560 (0)

10 (0)

610 (0)

750 (0)

0.42 (0.00)

0.98 (0.00)

Romania

4

1

25

200 (0)

150 (0)

450 (0)

200 (0)

0.54 (0.00)

0.57 (0.00)

North

Denmark

2

1

50

900 (0)

0 (0)

900 (0)

0 (0)

1.00 (0.00)

1.00 (0.00)

Estonia

3

3

100

60 (105)

250 (248)

1100 (750)

6000 (10625)

0.02 (0.05)

0.33 (0.35)

Finland

5

1

20

730 (0)

67 (0)

1300 (0)

71 (0)

0.58 (0.00)

0.92 (0.00)

Ireland

10

4

40

0 (6)

38 (28)

0 (62)

228 (286)

0.14 (0.07)

n.a.

Norway

16

8

50

54 (82)

0 (22)

285 (416)

65 (991)

0.23 (0.45)

1.00 (0.41)

Sweden

12

5

42

24 (95)

140 (150)

95 (95)

900 (5345)

0.17 (0.43)

0.05 (1.00)

United Kingdom

16

1

6

35 (0)

80 (0)

120 (0)

160 (0)

0.41 (0.00)

0.30 (0.00)

South

Croatia

6

3

50

185 (72)

28 (498)

1100 (1225)

2000 (2195)

0.04 (0.23)

0.87 (0.38)

FYROM

6

2

33

16 (4)

12 (8)

1020 (980)

4045 (3955)

0.06 (0.05)

0.64 (0.14)

Greece

6

2

33

65 (15)

165 (135)

775 (425)

1150 (50)

0.14 (0.11)

0.42 (0.21)

Italy

4

4

100

40 (22)

36 (497)

100 (453)

93 (4975)

0.10 (0.22)

0.50 (0.24)

Portugal

16

5

31

0 (1)

15 (43)

54 (456)

350 (1720)

0.02 (0.05)

0.00 (0.01)

Serbia

7

4

57

90 (160)

50 (15)

885 (2048)

4500 (7125)

0.01 (0.05)

0.71 (0.20)

Slovenia

5

1

20

100 (0)

1800 (0)

150 (0)

2000 (0)

0.88 (0.00)

0.05 (0.00)

Spain

20

6

30

0 (2)

49 (76)

0 (5)

54 (102)

0.85 (0.10)

0. (0.04)

Turkey

7

1

14

100 (0)

200 (0)

1000 (0)

300 (0)

0.23 (0.00)

0.33 (0.00)

West

Belgium

7

5

71

70 (55)

50 (133)

430 (880)

300 (475)

0.19 (0.9)

0.45 (0.78)

France

8

1

13

      

Germany

6

2

33

475 (325)

5 (5)

1275 (25)

75 (75)

0.38 (0.26)

0.97 (0.03)

Netherlands

4

4

100

2 (6)

65 (120)

100 (225)

1250 (2750)

0.04 (0.02)

0.02 (0.06)

  1. N number, MS multiple sclerosis, IQR interquartile range
  2. MS inpatients = median (IQR) number of MS patients per year the participating centers take care of on inpatient basis in the given region/country
  3. MS outpatients = median (IQR) number of MS patients per year the participating centers take care of on outpatient basis in the given region/country
  4. Total inpatients = median (IQR) number of all type patients per year the participating centers take care of on inpatient basis in the given region/country
  5. Total outpatients = median (IQR) number of all type patients per year the participating centers take care of on outpatient basis in the given region/country
  6. MS outpatients = median (IQR) number of MS patients the participating centers in the given region/country take care of on outpatient basis
  7. MS ratio: median (IQR) accros region/country of ratio of MS patients to total number of patients calculated for each center separately (range from 0 – center not specialized in MS to 1 - center fully specialized in MS). No statistically significant difference between regions (Kruskal-Wallis test; p = 0.166)
  8. MS inpatient ratio: median (IQR) accros region/country of ratio of patients in inpatient care to total care offered to MS patients (range from 0 – center provides outpatient care only to 1 – center provides outpatient care only). No statistically significant difference between regions (Kruskal-Wallis test; p = 0.541)