. 2020 May 14;5:95. [Version 1] doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15810.1

Table 1. Hospitalization cases under the Ministry of Public Health coverage at public and private hospitals in Lebanon, 2011–2016.

	Case type		n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
All hospitals	Case type		2011		2012		2013		2014		2015		2016		All years
	Medical	Short-stay	19,574	10.4	26,044	11.5	27,119	11.5	26,720	11.3	24,578	10.4	24,220	10.5	148,310	11.0
		Medium-stay	79,264	42.3	94,523	41.8	101,132	43.0	101,524	42.9	107,379	45.3	101,772	44.2	585,809	43.3
		Long-stay	2,156	1.1	2,851	1.3	2,793	1.2	2,770	1.2	2,674	1.1	2,494	1.1	15,744	1.2
		*All medical* *cases*	*100,994*	*53.8*	*123,418*	*54.6*	*131,044*	*55.8*	*131,014*	*55.4*	*134,631*	*56.8*	*128,486*	*55.7*	*749,863*	*55.4*
	Surgical	Procedures	93,516	-	111,355	-	112,523	-	114,021	-	110,168	-	109,083	-	650,666	-
		*Cases*	*83,025*	*44.3*	*98,396*	*43.6*	*99,767*	*42.5*	*100,934*	*42.7*	*97,037*	*40.9*	*95,602*	*41.5*	*574,975*	*42.5*
	Mixed	Procedures	5,247	-	6,358	-	6,164	-	6,668	-	8,241	-	8,932	-	41,610	-
		*Cases*	*3,584*	*1.9*	*4,120*	*1.8*	*4,114*	*1.8*	*4,446*	*1.9*	*5,517*	*2.3*	*6,396*	*2.8*	*28,187*	*2.1*
	Total cases		187,603	100	225,934	100	234,925	100	236,394	100	237,185	100	230,484	100	1,353,025	100
Public	Case type		2011		2012		2013		2014		2015		2016		All years
	Case type		n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
	Medical	Short-stay	6,301	12.7	9,263	13.3	9,178	13.0	9,541	12.8	10,051	12.8	10,634	12.4	55,033	12.8
		Medium-stay	20,968	42.2	29,229	41.8	30,672	43.3	33,680	45.3	37,492	47.8	40,832	47.7	193,094	45.0
		Long-stay	501	1.0	747	1.1	633	0.9	630	0.8	669	0.9	704	0.8	3,889	0.9
		*All medical* *cases*	*27,770*	*56.0*	*39,239*	*56.2*	*40,483*	*57.2*	*43,851*	*59.0*	*48,212*	*61.5*	*52,170*	*60.9*	*252,015*	*58.7*
	Surgical	Procedures	24,049	-	33,463	-	33,031	-	33,055	-	32,871	-	36,471	-	192,940	-
		*Cases*	*20,906*	*42.1*	*29,167*	*41.8*	*28,845*	*40.7*	*28,896*	*38.9*	*28,485*	*36.3*	*31,491*	*36.8*	*167,990*	*39.1*
	Mixed	Procedures	1,476	-	2,430	-	2,275	-	2,367	-	2,423	-	2,726	-	13,697	-
		*Cases*	*957*	*1.9*	*1,453*	*2.1*	*1,492*	*2.1*	*1,593*	*2.1*	*1,678*	*2.1*	*1,997*	*2.3*	*9,180*	*2.1*
	Total cases		49,633	100.0	69,859	100.0	70,820	100.0	74,340	100.0	78,375	100.0	85,658	100.0	429,185	100.0
Private	Case type		2011		2012		2013		2014		2015		2016		All years
	Case type		n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
	Medical	Short-stay	13,273	9.6	16,781	10.8	17,941	10.9	17,179	10.6	14,527	9.1	13,586	9.4	93,287	10.1
		Medium-stay	58,296	42.3	65,294	41.8	70,460	42.9	67,844	41.9	69,887	44.0	60,940	42.2	392,721	42.5
		Long-stay	1,655	1.2	2,104	1.3	2,160	1.3	2,140	1.3	2,005	1.3	1,790	1.2	11,854	1.3
		*All medical* *cases*	*73,224*	*53.1*	*84,179*	*53.9*	*90,561*	*55.2*	*87,163*	*53.8*	*86,419*	*54.4*	*76,316*	*52.8*	*497,862*	*53.9*
	Surgical	Procedures	69,467	-	77,892	-	79,492	-	80,966	-	77,297	-	72,612	-	457,726	-
		*Cases*	*62,119*	*45.0*	*69,229*	*44.4*	*70,922*	*43.2*	*72,038*	*44.5*	*68,552*	*43.2*	*64,111*	*44.4*	*406,971*	*44.1*
	Mixed	Procedures	3,771	-	3,928	-	3,889	-	4,301	-	5,818	-	6,206	-	27,913	-
		*Cases*	*2,627*	*1.9*	*2,667*	*1.7*	*2,622*	*1.6*	*2,853*	*1.8*	*3,839*	*2.4*	*4,058*	*2.8*	*18,666*	*2.0*
	Total cases		137,970	100.0	156,075	100.0	164,105	100.0	162,054	100.0	158,810	100.0	144,485	100.0	923,499	100.0