Table 7.
Number of hospitals and cases for liver transplantations in 2006, 2008, and 2010 and number of cases per tercile
| 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitals with no. of cases ≥ 1 | 23 | 23 | 23 | |
| Change to 2006 | - | 0,0 % | 0,0 % | |
| Annual no. of cases | 1381 | 1386 | 1464 | |
| Change to 2006 | - | +0,4 % | +6,0 % | |
| Min. – max. | 16–143 | 11–146 | 17–160 | |
| Median | 51,00 | 47,00 | 60,00 | |
| Mean (SD) | 60,04 (36,7) | 60,26 (37,9) | 63,65 (35,7) | |
| Hospitals complying MVS*: 20 per year | 22 (95,7 %) | 20 (87,0 %) | 22 (95,7 %) | |
| No. of cases in hospitals complying MVS | 1365 (98,8 %) | 1349 (97,3 %) | 1447 (98,8 %) | |
| Hospitals not complying MVS | 1 (4,3 %) | 3 (13,0 %) | 1 (4,3 %) | |
| No. of cases in hospitals not complying MVS | 16 (1,2 %) | 37 (2,7 %) | 17 (1,2 %) | |
| Tercile 1 hospitals | 7 | 7 | 7 | |
| No. of cases | 739 | 748 | 749 | 0,989** |
| Percentage of annual cases | 53,5 % | 54,0 % | 51,2 % | |
| Min. – max. | 65–143 | 80–146 | 90–160 | |
| Median | 103,00 | 102,00 | 97,00 | |
| Mean (SD) | 105,57 (29,6) | 106,86 (24,4) | 107,00 (24,4) | |
| Tercile 2 hospitals | 8 | 8 | 8 | |
| No. of cases | 426 | 444 | 483 | 0,428** |
| Percentage of annual cases | 30,8 % | 32,0 % | 33,0 % | |
| Min. – max. | 46–60 | 42–70 | 43–81 | |
| Median | 53,50 | 55,50 | 60,00 | |
| Mean (SD) | 53,25 (5,4) | 55,50 (13,3) | 60,38 (12,2) | |
| Tercile 3 hospitals | 8 | 8 | 8 | |
| No. of cases | 216 | 194 | 232 | 0,578** |
| Percentage of annual cases | 15,6 % | 14,0 % | 15,8 % | 0,990# |
| Min. – max. | 16–41 | 11–41 | 17–43 | |
| Median | 24,50 | 20,50 | 28,50 | |
| Mean (SD) | 27,00 (8,5) | 24,25 (12,5) | 29,00 (9,4) |
*minimum volume standards; **Kruskal-Wallis-test; # chi-square-test