Table 1.

Characteristics of Participating Centers

Center	Geographic area	Total enrolled	Estimated number of beds	Estimated number of AP admissions/year	Estimated rate of transfers, %
LUHS, Kaunas, Lithuania	Europe	109	>1000	100–200	50–75
University of Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania	Europe	82	101–200	50–100	25–50
University of Medicine, Bucharest, Romania	Europe	70	>1000	100–200	<25
Sapienza University, Rome, Italy	Europe	69	301–500	50–100	<25
Attikon University, Athens, Greece	Europe	59	501–750	50–100	<25
Investigación, Alicante, Spain	Europe	20	751–1000	100–200	<25
AIG, Hyderabad, India	India	136	201–300	200–300	>75
Postgraduate Institute, Chandigarh, India	India	119	>1000	300–500	50–75
Apollo Gleneagles, Kolkata, India	India	111	501–750	50–100	<25
UAN, Monterrey, Mexico	Latin America	95	301–500	100–200	<25
Hospital Nacional, Itaugua, Paraguay	Latin America	83	301–500	100–200	<25
Nacional “Posadas,” Buenos Aires, Argentina	Latin America	71	301–500	100–200	<25
Universidad Autónoma, Mexico City, Mexico	Latin America	47	201–300	50–100	25–50
Hospital de Argudos, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Latin America	29	301–500	50–100	25–50
UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA	North America	130	751–1000	100–200	50–75
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD	North America	90	>1000	100–200	25–50
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH	North America	82	>1000	>500	25–50
EMMC, Bangor, ME	North America	81	301–500	100–200	25–50
Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN	North America	62	201–300	200–300	50–75
AGH, Pittsburgh, PA	North America	32	501–750	300–500	25–50
MUSC, Charleston, SC	North America	18	751–1000	200–300	50–75
Kaiser, Los Angeles, CA	North America	17	301–500	100–200	<25

AGH, Allegheny General Hospital; AIG, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology; AP, acute pancreatitis; EMMC, Eastern Maine Medical Center; LUHS, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences; MUSC, Medical University of South Carolina; UAN, Universidad Autónoma de Nueva; UPMC, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.