Table 7 Setting of care in university and non-university hospitals

Number of hospitals

18 (22.5)

62 (77.5)

Number of participating ICUs

33 (34.7)

62 (65.3)

Beds per hospital

1275 (1189–1444)

367 (280–526)

<0.001

Beds per ICU

13 (10–16)

9 (7–12)

0.001

 < 5/<8/ <14/ ≥14 beds per ICU

4 (12.1)/3 (9.1)/9 (27.3)/17 (51.5)

18 (29)/21 (33.9)/18 (29)/5 (8.1)

<0.001

Total number of all ICU beds

465 (43.2)

612 (56.8)

ICU specialization

<0.001

 Surgical/medical

6 (18.2)

41 (66.1)

 Medical

8 (24.2)

6 (9.7)

 Surgical

16 (48.5)

15 (24.2)

 Neurological

3 (9.1)

0

Number of all ICU patients

2994 (39.7)

4546 (60.3)

 Patients per ICU

74 (51–106)

74 (49–98)

0.47

 Patients per ICU bed

5.8 (4.4–8.0)

7.7 (5.2–9.6)

0.04

Number of ventilated patients

558 (54.3)

470 (45.7)

 Ventilated patients per ICU

14 (8–23)

6 (4–10)

<0.001

 Ventilated patients per ICU bed

1.0 (0.7–1.5)

0.7 (0.5–1.0)

0.002

% ventilated patients in all ICUs

19 (12–27)

10 (6–15)

<0.001