Table 3 Departmental data and night NTP ratios 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) | 2 (1, 2) | 42 (29, 54) | 23.0 (16.0, 32.0) | ||
Region | 0.012 | 8.74* | ||||
Eastern region | 43 (34, 52) | 2 (1, 2) | 42 (29, 52) | 23.0 (15.5, 32.0) | ||
Central region | 44 (34, 55) | 2 (1, 2) | 41 (27, 55) | 23.5 (15.5, 33.0) | ||
Western region | 47 (36, 58) | 2 (1, 2) | 44 (31, 57) | 23.3 (16.5, 32.0) | ||
Department | < 0.001 | 5 163.54* | ||||
Internal medicine | 47 (39, 57) | 2 (1, 2) | 44 (34, 56) | 24.5 (18.5, 33.5) | ||
Surgery | 45 (38,54) | 2 (1,2) | 44 (33,55) | 24.0 (18.0, 33.0) | ||
ICU | 16 (10, 22) | 2 (1, 2) | 12 (7, 19) | 2.9 (2.0, 4.0) | ||
Oncology | 50 (40, 60) | 2 (1, 2) | 51 (39, 65) | 34.0 (23.5, 50.0) | ||
Paediatrics | 42 (30, 55) | 2 (1, 2) | 39 (27, 54) | 18.7 (11.0, 28.0) | ||
Geriatrics | 38 (29, 50) | 2 (1, 2) | 35 (26, 46) | 23.5 (17.0, 31.0) | ||
Obstetrics and gynaecology | 41 (32, 51) | 2 (1, 2) | 39 (27, 50) | 21.0 (14.5, 28.0) | ||