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