Table 2 Characteristics of patients regarding hospital characteristics
Unit of analysis = patient | Hospital ownership | all patients | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
University | Public | Charitable | Private | |||||||
Specialists available at centre$ | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Vascular surgeon | 3565 | (100) | 13,008 | (94) | 1247 | (99) | 3542 | (94) | 21,362 | (95) |
 Heart surgeon | 2514 | (71) | 5193 | (37) | 542 | (43) | 1342 | (36) | 9591 | (43) |
 Angiologist | 1736 | (49) | 6825 | (49) | 876 | (69) | 2104 | (56) | 11,541 | (51) |
 Cardiologist | 3565 | (100) | 13,127 | (95) | 1259 | (100) | 3186 | (85) | 21,137 | (94) |
 Neurologist | 3363 | (94) | 10,190 | (73) | 957 | (76) | 2550 | (68) | 17,060 | (76) |
 Neurosurgeon | 3565 | (100) | 9409 | (68) | 735 | (58) | 1499 | (40) | 15,208 | (68) |
 Neuroradiologist | 3565 | (100) | 5675 | (41) | 658 | (52) | 1251 | (33) | 11,149 | (50) |
On-site certified vascular centre& | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 DGG | 1804 | (51) | 4343 | (31) | 542 | (43) | 611 | (16) | 7300 | (33) |
 DGA | 0 | (0) | 443 | (3.2) | 542 | (43) | 0 | (0) | 985 | (4.4) |
 DRG | 217 | (6.1) | 2671 | (19) | 513 | (41) | 0 | (0) | 3401 | (15) |
Certified Stroke-unit (DSG) on-site | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Supra-regional | 3029 | (85) | 3548 | (26) | 542 | (43) | 252 | (6.7) | 7371 | (33) |
 Regional | 0 | (0) | 2895 | (21) | 0 | (0) | 1519 | (40) | 4414 | (20) |
 Telemedicine stroke network | 0 | (0) | 353 | (2.5) | 0 | (0) | 36 | (1.0) | 389 | (1.7) |
 None | 536 | (15) | 7069 | (51) | 720 | (57) | 1947 | (52) | 10,272 | (46) |
Certified Quality management system | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 DIN ISO EN 9000 | 1327 | (37) | 1985 | (14) | 611 | (48) | 489 | (13) | 4412 | (20) |
 KTQ | 149 | (4) | 1362 | (10) | 29 | (2) | 0 | (0) | 1540 | (6.9) |
 proCum Cert | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 384 | (30) | 0 | (0) | 384 | (1.7) |
 none of these | 2089 | (59) | 10,518 | (76) | 238 | (19) | 3265 | (87) | 16,110 | (72) |
Centre annual caseload (median; Q1–Q3) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 CEA | 90 | (79–141) | 20 | (4–49) | 19 | (2–31) | 37 | (13–65) | 24 | (5–55) |
 CAS | 39 | (17–57) | 1 | (0–8) | 0 | (0–5) | 1 | (0–6) | 2 | (0–9) |
Regional settlement structure | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Independent city | 3565 | (100) | 5087 | (37) | 936 | (74) | 922 | (25) | 10,510 | (47) |
 Urban district | 0 | (0) | 891 | (6.4) | 0 | (0) | 837 | (22) | 1728 | (8) |
 Rural district | 0 | (0) | 3635 | (26) | 0 | (0) | 689 | (18) | 4324 | (19) |
 Sparsely populated region | 0 | (0) | 4252 | (31) | 326 | (26) | 1306 | (35) | 5884 | (26) |