Table 2.

Characteristics of the included hospitals (N=31)

Hospital characteristics	Median	Minimum–maximum
Hospital size*	414	85–958
Index for patient mix†	8.0	6.9–11.3
Physician–patient ratio‡	20.5	9.6–38.8
Nurse–patient ratio§	53.3	29.9–82.9
Nurse experience (number of years per hospital¶	8.6	4.1–13.3
Bed occupancy**	87.3	75.2–102.7

*Number of beds.

†The ratio between the number of DRG-points and the number of admissions.

‡Number of physician-years per 10 000 patient day.

§Number of nurse-years per 10 000 patient days.

¶Mean years of experience among the respondents per hospital.

**Per cent, bed occupancy for 2009.