Table 1 Medical Emergency Team (MET) service status in 172 hospitals in Australia and New Zealand
From: Introduction of Medical Emergency Teams in Australia and New Zealand: a multi-centre study
Hospital category | MET service commencement date known | MET service commencement date unknown | No MET service | MET status unknown, number (percentage of totala) | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All hospitals | 79 | 5 | 47 | 41 (23.8) | 172 |
Metropolitan | 18 | 1 | 13 | 3 (8.6) | 35 |
Private | 28 | 1 | 11 | 20 (33.3) | 60 |
Regional | 18 | 3 | 14 | 17 (32.7) | 52 |
Tertiary | 15 | 0 | 9 | 1 (4) | 25 |