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. 2022 Sep 16;119(37):611–618. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.m2022.0235

Table 2. Characteristics of inpatient PAOD treatments according to hospital size (2016–2018).

Care level
No. of beds
No. of hospitals
Minimum
care
< 100
(n = 42)
Basic care
100–299
(n = 324)
Standard care
300–499
(n = 229)
Central care
500–799
(n = 161)
Maximum care
≥ 800
(n = 104)
Specialized hospitals
(n = 25)
ND
Number (% of all cases) 6820 (1.2) 102 964 (18.4) 151 155 (27.1) 141 562 (25.3) 122 085 (21.8) 15 924 (2.8) 18 275 (3.3)
Fontaine IIb 3839 (56.3) 47 092 (45.7) 72 335 (47.9) 67 754 (47.9) 54 889 (45.0) 8929 (56.1) 7392 (40.4)
Fontaine III 598 (8.8) 13 443 (13.1) 18 283 (12.1) 17 590 (12.4) 15 260 (12.5) 1 472 (9.2) 2108 (11.5)
Fontaine IVu 1108 (16.2) 21 904 (21.3) 30 328 (20.1) 26 838 (19.0) 26 638 (21.8) 3 73 (23.1) 4107 (22.5)
Fontaine IVg 1275 (18.7) 20 525 (19.9) 30 209 (20.0) 29 380 (20.8) 25 298 (20.7) 1850 (11.6) 4668 (25.5)
Age in years 71.8 ± 10.9 72.3 ± 11.0 71.8 ± 11.0 71.7 ± 11.0 71.3 ± 11.1 71.4 ± 10.7 72.6 ± 11.2
Male sex 4206 (61.7) 64 286 (62.4) 94 870 (62.8) 88 661 (62.6) 78 816 (64.6) 10 206 (64.1) 11 526 (63.1)
Hospital stay in days 3 (2–9) 6 (2–11) 6 (2–12) 7 (2–13) 6 (2–13) 4 (2–10) 7 (2–12)
van Walraven score 2 (2–7) 5 (2–10) 5 (2–10) 6 (2–11) 7 (2–12) 6 (2–10) 7 (2–12)
In-hospital mortality 92 (1.3) 2445 (2.4) 3959 (2.6) 3929 (2.8) 3347 (2.7) 168 (1.1) 590 (3.2)
Major amputations
− Fontaine IIb
− Fontaine III
− Fontaine IVu
− Fontaine IVg
171 (2.5)
< 5
< 5
16 (1.4)
151 (11.8)
3672 (3.6)
15 (0.0)
179 (1.3)
462 (2.1)
3016 (14.7)
5 398 (3.6)
18 (0.0)
260 (1.4)
828 (2.7)
4292 (14.2)
5148 (3.6)
23 (0.0)
251 (1.4)
748 (2.8)
4126 (14.0)
4442 (3.6)
23 (0.0)
222 (1.5)
682 (2.6)
3515 (13.9)
245 (1.5)
< 5
22 (1.5)
46 (1.3)
176 (9.5)
832 (4.6)
< 5
24 (1.1)
105 (2.6)
700 (15.0
Minor amputations
− Fontaine IIb
− Fontaine III
− Fontaine IVu
− Fontaine IVg
368 (5.4)
< 5
< 5
51 (4.6)
315 (24.7)
8082 (7.8)
23 (0.0)
37 (0.3)
1609 (7.3)
6413 (31.2)
12 646 (8.4)
30 (0.0)
59 (0.3)
2486 (8.2)
10 071 (33.3)
11 967 (8.5)
32 (0.0)
49 (0.3)
2195 (8.2)
9691 (33.0)
10 252 (8.4)
17 (0.0)
56 (0.4)
1922 (7.2)
8257 (32.6)
522 (3.3)
< 5
< 5
184 (5.0)
333 (18.0)
1693 (9.3)
< 5
15 (0.7)
287 (7.0)
1388 (29,7)

The data are presented as n (%), mean ± standard deviation, and/or median (interquartile range). IVg, Stage IV with gangrene; IVu, stage IV with ulceration; ND, no data available; PAOD, peripheral arterial occlusive disease