Table 1

Information on centres providing data for the survey in different European regions and comparisons between Europe and the rest of the world

European regionP valueEuropeWorldP value
WesternSouthernEasternNorthern
Centres38953870241605
Number of countries8121194066
Centre type
 Inpatient92%
(35)
97%
(92)
87%
(33)
97%
(68)
0.08095%
(228)
76%
(457)
<0.001
 Outpatient8%
(3)
3%
(3)
13%
(5)
3%
(2)
5%
(13)
25%
(148)
Teaching facility74%
(28)
78%
(74)
76%
(29)
87%
(61)
0.29580%
(192)
61%
(369)
<0.001
Number of beds900
[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 337462 863286 308233 6761 406 1841 560 392
COVID-19 deaths*45 05354 289647831 003136 82383 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