Table 2

Characteristics of participating intensive care units

Characteristic
Total
General hospitals
University hospitals

Number of ICU departments
47
43 (91)
4 (9)
Number of admitted patients
455
407 (89)
48 (11)
Number of beds
510
466 (91)
44 (9)
Number of available beds
442
399 (90)
43 (10)
Number of case report forms returned
152
130 (86)
22 (14)

Results are shown for all participating intensive care units (ICUs; total), and subdivided into general and university hospital ICUs (% of total).

van Gestel et al. Critical Care 2004 8:R153   doi:10.1186/cc2858