France % (CI) | Germany (ex-BRD) % (CI) | Germany (ex-DDR) % (CI) | Great Britain % (CI) | Italy % (CI) | Luxembourg % (CI) | Netherlands % (CI) | Spain % (CI) | Sweden % (CI) | ||
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Attached to maternity ward | 76 | 32 | 40 | 100 | 75 | 0 | 70 | 78 | 11 | |
(56–89) | (14–57) | (15–73) | / | (58–87) | (70–70) | (59–89) | (11–11) | |||
No of births in unit catchment area (*) | 8000 | 4000 | 4000 | 8100 | 7000 | 5500 | 30000 | 4860 | 3000 | |
(7000–17000) | (3500–5500) | (2200–8000) | (4350–9861) | (3000–8000) | (16000–30000) | (3450–9800) | (2800–3300) | |||
No of VLBW admissions (*) | 60 | 34 | 41 | 85 | 40 | 33 | 118 | 36 | 21 | |
(44–79) | (29–50) | (20–50) | (73–126) | (27–55) | (108–149) | (30–52) | (18–47) | |||
No of intensive care cots (*) | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 5 | |
(8–13) | (7–10) | (5–10) | (6–10) | (3–8) | (10–15) | (5–8) | (3–8) | |||
Equipment complexity score (*) | 1.97 | 2.19 | 1.96 | 1.47 | 1.60 | 3 | 2.44 | 2.23 | 1.35 | |
(1.31–2.24) | (1.63–2.39) | (1.08–2.02) | (1.40–1.96) | (1.30–1.96) | (1.79–2.86) | (1.57–2.58) | (0.83–1.61) | |||
Nurse:patient ratio in intensive care (average over 24 hours) (*) | 0.33 | 0.44 | 0.36 | 0.50 | 0.33 | 0.67 | 0.39 | 0.39 | 0.75 | |
(0.33–0.33) | (0.32–0.50) | (0.31–0.44) | (0.50–0.50) | (0.25–0.50) | (0.39–0.50) | (0.33–0.40) | (0.50–1.00) | |||
Intensive care for over 2 years children | 59 | 86 | 40 | 0 | 8 | 100 | 0 | 6 | 17 | |
(39–76) | (65–95) | (15–73) | (3–23) | (1–23) | (17–17) | |||||
Teaching “a lot” | 71 | 18 | 40 | 56 | 36 | 100 | 90 | 83 | 48 | |
(50–85) | (8–37) | (15–73) | (27–81) | (20–56) | (90–90) | (65–93) | (40–57) | |||
Research “a lot” | 18 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 70 | 33 | 29 | |
(7–38) | (5–15) | (3–30) | (6–56) | (7–35) | (70–70) | (19–52) | (24–35) |
(*) Median (25°–75° centile)