European region | P value | Europe | World | P value | ||||
Western | Southern | Eastern | Northern | |||||
Centres | 38 | 95 | 38 | 70 | – | 241 | 605 | – |
Number of countries | 8 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 40 | 66 | – | |
Centre type | ||||||||
Inpatient | 92% (35) | 97% (92) | 87% (33) | 97% (68) | 0.080 | 95% (228) | 76% (457) | <0.001 |
Outpatient | 8% (3) | 3% (3) | 13% (5) | 3% (2) | 5% (13) | 25% (148) | ||
Teaching facility | 74% (28) | 78% (74) | 76% (29) | 87% (61) | 0.295 | 80% (192) | 61% (369) | <0.001 |
Number of beds | 900 [615–1110] | 700 [290–999] | 480 [225–1000] | 633 [358–878] | 0.034 | 700 [345–999] | 450 [200–800] | <0.001 |
COVID-19 cases* | 423 337 | 462 863 | 286 308 | 233 676 | – | 1 406 184 | 1 560 392 | – |
COVID-19 deaths* | 45 053 | 54 289 | 6478 | 31 003 | – | 136 823 | 83 368 | – |
Numbers indicate absolute percentage and absolute values in parentheses. IQRs are shown in square brackets.
Bold text indicates a p value of <0.05.
*Per country providing procedure volume data and summed per region. COVID-19 cases and deaths in March and April 2020 from the WHO COVID-19 dashboard.15