Table 1.
Summary of the current care provided by each hospital in the Eastern province
| Area
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Eastern area: n=14
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Al-Ahsa area: n=5
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Hafar Al-Batin area: n=3
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| Hospital information | Total (N) | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | Total (N) | O | P | Q | R | S | Total (N) | T | U | V | |
| Number of beds | 2,029 | 600 | 50 | 30 | 60 | 26 | 200 | 50 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 425 | 368 | 100 | 30 | 752 | 502 | 30 | 50 | 50 | 120 | 380 | 300 | 30 | 50 | 3,161 |
| Emergency admissions for patients with COPD in 2012 | 902 | 200 | 50 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2 | 200 | 100 | 200 | 20 | 210 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 50 | 60 | 92 | 52 | 0 | 40 | 1,204 |
| Hospitals with respiratory department | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hospitals with a specific respiratory outpatient clinic | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3; 13.6 |
| Hospitals providing spirometry | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5; 22.7 |
| Hospitals with ICU | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8; 36.3 |
| Hospitals offering invasive mechanical ventilation | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12; 54.5 |
| Hospitals offering noninvasive ventilation | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7; 31.8 |
| Hospitals having a pulmonary rehabilitation program and/or an early support discharge program | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Note: A to V refers to a different specific hospital.
Abbreviation: ICU, intensive care unit.