Table 1.

Characteristics of NICUs

Unit	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Patient beds in the unit	5	14	6	10	15	16	20	16
Patients/year	240	400	1400a	320	955a	1350a	400	500
Lower limit of planned deliveries in the hospital (gestational weeks)	32	32	32	30	32	35	22+	22+
Staff
Nurses	12	24	21	22	28	30	52	50
Neonatologists/pediatricians	2	1	2	2	2	2	4	4

^aIncluded also pediatric admissions