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Table 5 Study population: annual distribution of hospitals with and without total knee arthroplasty (TKA), complying with minimum volume requirements, and case numbers

From: Impact of suspending minimum volume requirements for knee arthroplasty on hospitals in Germany: an uncontrolled before–after study

 

1055 hospitals of the study population (100%)

Hospitals < 50 TKA per year

Hospitals ≥ 50 TKA per year

Hospitals (%) with TKA

Cases treated in hospitals with TKA (100%)

Hospitals (%) without TKA

Hospitals (%)

Cases (%)

Hospitals (%)

Cases (%)

2006

888 (84.2%)

120,700

167 (15.8%)

129 (12.2%)

3489 (2.9%)

759 (71.9%)

117,211 (97.1%)

2008

926 (87.8%)

141,714

129 (12.2%)

96 (9.1%)

2664 (1.9%)

830 (78.7%)

139,050 (98.1%)

2010

956 (90.6%)

140,866

99 (9.4%)

103 (9.8%)

2837 (2.0%)

853 (80.9%)

138,029 (98.0%)

2012

987 (93.6%)

127,404

68 (6.5%)

206 (19.5%)

5837 (4.6%)

781 (74.0%)

121,567 (95.2%)

2013

1007 (95.5%)

121,134

48 (4.6%)

270 (25.6%)

7643 (6.3%)

737 (69.9%)

113,491 (93.7%)

2014

1017 (96.4%)

124,544

38 (3.6%)

262 (24.8%)

7095 (5.7%)

755 (71.6%)

117,449 (94.3%)