Table 1.
Overview intensive care beds
| Country | Hospitals (n) | ICU bedsa (n) | ICU beds/total beds at the hospital (%) | Average travel time to closest hospital (min) | Average accessibility indexb | Area of significant AIc (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | ||||||
| Austria | 118 | 2,369 | 5.9 | 12.7 | 26.4 | 54 | 1.1 |
| Croatia | 25 | 396 | 3 | 25.3 | 9 | 2.6 | 43.4 |
| Denmark | 29 | 382 | 3.5 | 15.4 | 6.4 | 0.5 | 36.3 |
| England | 194 | 3999 | 4.1 | 12.5 | 7 | 0 | 40.7 |
| Estonia | 15 | 483 | 9.4 | 16.9 | 33.5 | 47.5 | 4.6 |
| France | 343 | 5,671 | 4 | 16.6 | 8.2 | 0.8 | 31.6 |
| Germany | 1161 | 28,031 | 5.9 | 9.3 | 35.3 | 95.2 | 0.3 |
| Italy | 428 | 5184 | 3.7 | 12 | 8.1 | 0 | 18 |
| Lithuania | 57 | 644 | 3.7 | 16.2 | 22.7 | 54 | 0.3 |
| Luxembourg | 9 | 130 | 6.3 | 9.1 | 21.1 | 63.6 | 0 |
| Poland | 534 | 4391 | 2.7 | 12.7 | 11.1 | 4.4 | 3.5 |
| Slovakia | 52 | 814 | 4.4 | 16.7 | 14.4 | 40.5 | 0.2 |
| Slovenia | 15 | 539 | 8.6 | 15.7 | 24.2 | 47.2 | 2.6 |
| Sweden | 55 | 522 | 3 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 82.9 |
| All countries (n = 14) | 3035 | 53,555 | 4.9 | 13.1 | 16.6 | 29.4 | 18.9 |
ICU intensive care unit, AI accessibility index
aDifferent definitions of ICU were applied (Online Appendix 1)
bAI was calculated per 100,000 people
cArea of significant AI was calculated by the hot spot analysis using a 99% confidence interval. ‘High’ represents hot spots, whereas ‘low’ represents cold spots