Table 1 Characteristics of the study hospitals
Hospital | A | B | C | D | E | F | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N. of hospital beds | 742 | 1308 | 740 | 1231 | 345 | 484 | 4850 |
N. of ICU beds for adults | 16 | 60 | 19 | 37 | 12 | 20 | 164 |
% of beds devoted to intensive care | 2.2 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 |
N. of physicians | 470 | 867 | 494 | 607 | 177 | 243 | 2858 |
N. of nurses | 1076 | 1995 | 1064 | 1657 | 433 | 622 | 6847 |
N. of hospital staff | 1546 | 2862 | 1558 | 2264 | 610 | 865 | 9705 |
Staff who attended educational program (%) | |||||||
N. of physicians at 31 December 2008 | 137 (29.1) | 125 (14.4) | 200 (40.5) | 108 (17.8) | 37 (10.7) | 67 (13.8) | 674 |
N. of physicians at 30 June 2009 | 165 (35.1) | 152 (17.5) | 230 (46.6) | 128 (21.1) | 53 (15.4) | 72 (14.9) | 800 |
N. of nurses at 31 December 2008 | 296 (27.5) | 337 (16.9) | 418 (39.3) | 351 (21.2) | 157 (36.3) | 208 (33.4) | 1767 |
N. of nurses at 30 June 2009 | 347 (32.2) | 437 (21.9) | 496 (46.6) | 471 (28.4) | 172 (39.7) | 246 (39.5) | 2169 |
Percentages of hospital staff educated | |||||||
at 31 December 2008 | 28.0 | 16.1 | 39.7 | 20.3 | 31.8 | 31.8 | 25.2 |
at 30 June 2009 | 33.1 | 20.6 | 46.6 | 26.5 | 36.9 | 36.8 | 30.6 |