Table 1.
Number of participant hospitals in the different strata.
| Hospital Size/Type | Total | Location * | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East | West | South | ||
| Non-university hospitals | ||||
| <200 beds | 83 | 20 | 24 | 39 |
| 200–399 beds | 103 | 25 | 44 | 34 |
| 400–800 beds | 54 | 6 | 32 | 16 |
| >800 beds | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| University hospitals | 22 | 4 | 10 | 8 |
| Total | 279 | 60 | 117 | 102 |
* The different regions (hospital location) were defined as East (federal states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, and Thüringen), West (Bremen, Hamburg, Hessen, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland, and Schleswig-Holstein), and South (Bayern, and Baden-Württemberg).