Outpatients accounted for 55%, while 45% were admitted (intensive care unit 5.0%, standard care unit 32.3%, observation unit 6.3%) and 1.2% transferred to another hospital.
The special patient groups were pediatric patients ( 75 years) with a median of 1.7% and 25%, respectively. Eighty-three EDs (55%) had observation units with a median of six beds. The EDs recorded a median of 30,000 patient contacts ( n=136). Hospitals had a median of 403 inpatient beds ( n=147).
Main ResultsĪ total of 150 questionnaires of contacted EDs were evaluated (response rate: 19.8%). Absolute as well as relative frequencies, medians, means, ranges, standard deviations (SD) and interquartile ranges (IQR) were reported depending on distribution. All 759 of the EDs listed in a previously collected ED Directory were contacted in November 2019 using the online-survey tool SoSci Survey.Įxclusively descriptive statistical analyses were performed. This cross-sectional survey collected standardized data from German EDs in 2018. The aim of this survey was to describe the nationwide status quo of emergency care in Germany at the healthcare system level using the Utstein reporting template as the guideline to measure the data collected. Compelling data on clinical emergency medicine is required for healthcare system management.
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