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Table 2 Hospital characteristics

From: Is treatment in certified cancer centers related to better survival in patients with pancreatic cancer? Evidence from a large German cohort study

Variable

Certified: no

(n = 955)

Certified: yes

(n = 96)

Hospital beds, n (%)

  1–299

573

(60%)

2

(2.1%)

  300–499

250

(26.2%)

18

(18.8%)

  500–999

112

(11.7%)

46

(47.9%)

  1000 + 

20

(2.1%)

30

(31.2%)

Teaching hospital, n (%)

  no

419

(43.9%)

19

(19.8%)

  yes

536

(56.1%)

77

(80.2%)

University hospital, n (%)

  no

944

(98.8%)

78

(81.2%)

  yes

11

(1.2%)

18

(18.8%)

Hospital ownership, n (%)

  public

314

(32.9%)

65

(67.7%)

  non-profit

443

(46.4%)

19

(19.8%)

  private

198

(20.7%)

12

(12.5%)