Table 2 Departmental data and daytime NTP ratio of the participating hospitals
From: Nurse staffing in large general hospitals in China: an observational study
Beds, median (p25, p75) | Nurses, median (p25, p75) | Inpatients, median (p25, p75) | Patient/nurse | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Median (p25, p75) | P | χ2 | ||||
Total | 44 (35, 54) | 5 (4, 7) | 42 (29, 54) | 8.0 (5.9, 10.3) | ||
Region | < 0.001 | 18.68* | ||||
Eastern region | 43 (34, 52) | 5 (4,7) | 41 (30,52) | 8.0 (6.0,10.2) | ||
Central region | 44 (34, 55) | 5 (4, 7) | 41 (28, 55) | 8.0 (5.8, 10.7) | ||
Western region | 47 (36, 58) | 5 (4, 7) | 44 (31, 57) | 7.8 (5.7, 10.0) | ||
Department | < 0.001 | 4 443.04* | ||||
Internal medicine | 47 (39, 57) | 5 (4, 7) | 44 (35, 56) | 8.3 (6.6, 10.5) | ||
Surgery | 45 (38, 54) | 5 (4, 7) | 44 (34, 55) | 8.3 (6.5, 10.6) | ||
ICUs | 16 (10, 22) | 6 (4, 8) | 12 (7, 19) | 2.0 (1.5, 2.8) | ||
Oncology | 50 (40, 60) | 5 (4, 7) | 52 (39, 66) | 9.3 (7.4, 12.3) | ||
Paediatrics | 42 (30, 55) | 5 (4, 7) | 39 (26, 53) | 7.0 (4.9, 9.0) | ||
Geriatrics | 38 (29, 50) | 4 (3, 6) | 35 (26, 46) | 8.2 (6.0, 10.0) | ||
Obstetrics and gynaecology | 41 (32, 51) | 5 (4, 6) | 39 (27, 51) | 7.8 (5.7, 10.0) | ||