Table 1.
Description of the institutions involved in the study.
| Argentina | Mexico | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Buenos Aires, municipality of Vincente López | Toluca | Guadalajara | Veracruz |
| Name | Hospital Municipal Prof. Dr. Bernardo Houssay, de Vicente López | Centro Médico “Lic. Adolfo López Mateos” | Antiguo Hospital Civil de Guadalajara “Fray Antonio Alcalde” | Hospital de Alta Especialidad de Veracruz “Virgilio Uribe” |
| Size of recruitment area | 275,000 | 2 million | 1.6 million | 512,000 |
| Type of institution | Tertiary care, teaching | Tertiary care | Tertiary care, research teaching | Tertiary care |
| Number of specialties | 25 | 31 | 35 | 18 |
| Beds | 142 | 200 | 733 | 244 |
| Population | Adults, children | Adults | Adults, children | Adults, children |