Table 2.
Medical staff in HPN units
| Nurses | |
|---|---|
| Nurses in HPN units (overall; per HPN unit; min; max) | 111; 7.9; 2; 28 |
| Number of patients per nurse (overall; HPN; HEN) | 29.15; 10.63; 18.51 |
| Age of nurses (median, SD) | 44.15; 5.6 |
| Nurses; age >60 y (n; %) | 10; 9.01 |
| Nurses; age 50–60 y (n; %) | 21; 18.92 |
| Nurses; age <50 y (n; %) | 80; 72.07 |
| Nurses working in hospital wards (n; %) | 35; 31.53 |
| Pharmacy staff | |
| Pharmacists in HPN units (overall; per HPN unit; min; max) | 31; 2.21; 1; 4 |
| Number of patients per pharmacist (overall; HPN; HEN) | 111.6; 40.7; 70.9 |
| Pharmacy technicians (overall; per HPN unit) | 17; 1.3 |
| Pharmacy assistant (overall; per HPN unit) | 11; 0.8 |
| Dietitians | |
| Dietitians in HPN centers (overall; per HPN unit; min; max) | 18; 1.3; 1; 4 |
| Number of patients per dietitian (overall; HPN; HEN) | 181.61; 67.4; 114.2 |
| Physiotherapists in HPN centers (overall; per HPN unit; min; max) | 12; 0.86; 0; 5 |
| Number of patients per 1 physiotherapist | 272.4 |
| Administrative workers in HPN centers (overall; per HPN unit; min; max) | 20; 1.43; 0; 6 |
| Number of patients per 1 administrative worker | 163.4 |
HAN, home artificial nutrition; HEN, home enteral nutrition; HPN, home parenteral nutrition.