Table 1. Characteristics of participating hospitals, analysis of the burden of bloodstream infections caused by antimicrobial resistance, 2010–2011 (n = 10).

Hospital	Country	Type	Acute beds	Study cohort
				Admissions	Bed-days
1	France	Tertiary	1,200	64,071	424,361
2	Germany	Tertiary	1,200	67,094	456,564
3	Germany	Tertiary	1,332	59,517	431,384
4	Italy	Tertiary	1,100	89,401	677,788
5	Italy	Tertiary	1,050	53,947	373,665
6	Italy	Secondary	555	27,975	183,707
7	Switzerland	Tertiary	900	58,541	382,012
8	Spain	Tertiary	711	50,065	336,253
9	United Kingdom	Tertiary	1,050	92,569	423,534
10	United Kingdom	Tertiary	936	43,469	265,392
Total			10,034	606,649	3,954,660

Note: Admissions and bed-days relate to acute-care episodes from 2010 and 2011 included in the analysis. For patients with multiple admissions during the study period, only the first admission was included.