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Table 1 Characteristics of participating facilities

From: An international survey of the structure and process of care for traumatic spinal cord injury in acute and rehabilitation facilities: lessons learned from a pilot study

 

Acute

N = 26

Rehab

N = 26

Continent and region; %

 Africa

  Eastern Africa

4

4

  Northern Africa

4

0

  Southern Africa

4

4

 Asia

  East Asia

8

8

  Middle East

23

12

  South Asia

12

8

 Europe

  Eastern Europe

4

4

  Northern Europe

12

12

  Southern Europe

0

19

  Western Europe

0

8

 Oceania

19

8

 North America

8

12

 South America

4

4

Country income level; %

 High-income

50

73

 Low- and middle-income

50

27

Geographic coverage; %

 Region-wide

23

19

 Province/state-wide

31

35

 Country-wide

46

46

Funding source; %

 Government only

46

38

 Government and other

42

54

 Non-government

12

8

Size of facility based on number of beds; median (IQR)

 Total number of beds in acute facility

592 (471)

N/A

 Number of SCI beds in rehabilitation facility

N/A

33 (30)

Annual new tSCI admissions; median (IQR)

57 (80)

40 (36)

 Unknown; %

4

N/A

  1. IQR Interquartile range, SCI Spinal cord injury, tSCI Traumatic SCI