Table 1 Demographic Overview of Cases
From: Exploring physicians’ decision-making in hospital readmission processes - a comparative case study
Description | Municipality A | Municipality B |
|---|---|---|
Distance from the hospital | 5–35 km | Hospital placed within the municipality |
Inhabitants | Approximately 40,000 (rounded down) | Approximately 40,000 (rounded up) |
Physician Full Time Equivalent (FTE) per 10,000 habitants | 8 | 9 |
Degree of nursing home coverage or coverage in institutions for persons 80 years and older as a percentage of the corresponding age group in the population | 11% | 15% |
Emergency room | 1 | 1 |
Municipal Emergency Bed Unit (MEBU)/ Hospitals Emergency Bed Unit (HEBU) short-term nursing home/rehabilitation/palliative care | 1 | 1 |
MEBU/HEBU distance to hospital | 5 km from the hospital | Less than 5 km from the |