Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the 10 participating study hospitals in Switzerland

	Center 1	Center 2	Center 3	Center 4	Center 5	Center 6	Center 7	Center 8	Center 9
	Cantonal Hospital of St Gallen	University Hospital of Lausanne (2021)	Hospital of Neuchâtel (2021)	University Hospital of Basel	Cantonal Hospital of Lucerne	Intercantonal Hospital of Broye	Hospital Riviera-Chablais	Cantonal Hospital of Baden	Cantonal Hospital Baselland	St Claraspital Basel
Nr. of adults acute-care beds 2022	710	814	296	700	630	100	264	389	160	230
Nr. of visits in the emergency department in 2022	48,839	43,509	32,172	56,800	25,794	18,158	35,206	65,000	29,697	16,769