Table 1.
Characteristics of responding countries and sites
| Country | Number of responses | Targeted number of responses | Target response rate | Mean number of children seen per site, in 2019 (95% CI) | Official board certification in PEM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 5 | 5 | 100% | 8110 (2116–14,104) | No |
| Belgium | 5 | 5 | 100% | 13,390 (4985–21,795) | No |
| Denmark | 2 | 5 | 40% | 5882 (1700–10,063) | No |
| France | 11 | 10 | 100% | 53,182 (40,118–66,246) | No |
| Germany | 44 | 10 | 100% | 10,477 (7344–13,611) | No |
| Greece | 1 | 0 | – | 10,000 | No |
| Hungary | 3 | 5 | 60% | 16,000 (2182–29,818) | No |
| Israel | 9 | 5 | 100% | 24,911 (15,644–34,178) | Yes |
| Italy | 18 | 10 | 100% | 27,931 (17,341–38,522) | No |
| Latvia | 1 | 1 | 100% | 63,000 | No |
| Lithuania | 3 | 5 | 60% | 17,167 (1704–32,630) | No |
| Malta | 1 | 2 | 50% | 22,000 | No |
| Netherlands | 6 | 5 | 100% | 4667 (1891–7443) | No |
| Portugal | 10 | 5 | 100% | 36,871 (25,623–48,119) | No |
| Romania | 4 | 5 | 80% | 21,978 (8746–35,210) | No |
| Spain | 22 | 10 | 100% | 37,294 (26,990–47,597) | No |
| Sweden | 3 | 5 | 60% | 32,000 (4270–59,730) | No |
| Switzerland | 9 | 5 | 100% | 28,087 (20,964–35,211) | Yes |
| Turkey | 14 | 10 | 100% | 88,284 (65,184–111,385) | Yes |
| Total | 171 | 108 | 89%a | 29,103 (24,647–33,559) | 3/19 |
For countries with more than 20 million inhabitants (i.e., Italy, France, Germany, and Spain), the participation of 10 EDs was targeted. For countries with less than 20 million inhabitants, the participation of 5 EDs was targeted, unless the number of eligible EDs was less than 5 (e.g., 1 ED in Latvia, 2 in Malta), leading to an overall target denominator of 108. The number of EDs exceeding the targeted number of responses per country was not considered, in the calculation of the target response rate
aThe overall response rate does not include the response from Greece as no country lead research coordinator was identified