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Table 3 Comparison of 6 different European hospitals by total nitrous oxide use and relative use per hospital bed (excluding obstetrics, HCWH hospitals anonymised)

From: Persistent use of nitrous oxide for anaesthesia in European hospitals despite its harmfulness to the climate – how emission taxation can achieve the coupling of cost-effectiveness and climate protection: observational study

Hospital

Region

Year

Number of hospital beds (rounded)

Total tCO2e emissions due to nitrous oxide

tCO2e emissions per bed and year

HCWH record #1

British Isles

2019

2300

1,585

0.7

HCWH record #2

Iberian Peninsula

2019

350

139

0.4

HCWH record #3

Iberian Peninsula

2019

240

1,928

8.0

HCWH record #4

British Isles

2020

2800

3,919

1.4

HCWH record #5

Iberian Peninsula

2020

6500

2,869

0.4

UKG

Germany

2019

1250

2,104

1.7

UKG

Germany

2020

1250

1,434

1.1

  1. HCWH Health Care Without Harm, CO2eCO2 equivalent, UKG University Hospital Gießen