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. 2015 Dec 10;15:563. doi: 10.1186/s12879-015-1307-z

Table 1.

Distribution of OST clinicians by German Federal State and patients per clinician

Distribution of OST clinicians in Germany with a qualification for addiction therapy Distribution of the preliminary sample of OST clinicians in the present study (as of 11.07.2014)
German Federal State (GFS) % n %
   Baden-Württemberg 13.6 11 12.5
   Bayern 9.2 8 9.1
   Berlin 6.2 5 5.7
   Brandenburg 0.3 1 1.1
   Bremen 3.0 3 3.4
   Hamburg 4.2 4 4.5
   Hessen 9.3 8 9.1
   Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 0.6 1 1.1
   Niedersachsen 9.9 7 8.0
   Nordrhein-Westfalen 32.1 27 30.7
   Rheinland-Pfalz 3.1 4 4.5
   Saarland 0.8 0 0.0
   Sachsen 0.8 2 2.3
   Sachsen-Anhalt 1.1 1 1.1
   Schleswig-Holstein 4.9 5 5.7
   Thüringen 0.9 1 1.1
      Total 100.0 88 100.0
Patients per clinician (PPC) % n %
   4–10 16.7 13 14.8
   11–40 44.1 38 43.2
   41–80 26.9 24 27.3
   >80 12.3 13 14.8
      Total 100.0 88 100.0