Table 4.
Hospitals performing the minimum volume regulation kidney transplantation and official number of kidney transplantation centres in 2004
German states | MV* hospitals | km2/MV hospitals | MV hospitals, standard achieved | Number of cases in MV hospitals with standard NOT achieved | Transplantation centres (DSO**) | ||
Baden-Württemberg | 6 | 5959 | 6 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 6 |
Bavaria | 6 | 11758 | 5 | 83% | 18 | 5% | 6 |
Berlin | 3 | 297 | 3 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 2 |
Brandenburg | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bremen | 1 | 404 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 1 |
Hamburg | 1 | 755 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 1 |
Hesse | 4 | 5279 | 3 | 75% | 10 | 6% | 4 |
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 1 | 23179 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 1 |
Lower Saxony | 3 | 15873 | 2 | 67% | 10 | 3% | 3 |
North Rhine-Westphalia | 9 | 3787 | 8 | 89% | 1 | 0% | 7 |
Rhineland-Palatinate | 2 | 9927 | 2 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 2 |
Saarland | 1 | 2569 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 1 |
Saxony | 2 | 9028 | 2 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 2 |
Saxony-Anhalt | 1 | 20446 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 1 |
Schleswig-Holstein | 2 | 7882 | 2 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 2 |
Thuringia | 1 | 16172 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 1 |
Germany total | 43 | 8303 | 39 | 91% | 39 | 2% | 40 |
* Minimum volume
** German foundation for organ transplantation