Selected characteristics of participating hospitals for the point-prevalence surveys (2002, 2009 and 2017)
| Variable | No. (%) of hospitals* | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 n = 28 | 2009 n = 39 | 2017 n = 47 | ||
| Participating provinces | BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NL, NB, NS | BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NL, NB, NS | BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NL, NB, NS, PEI | |
| Region | ||||
| Eastern Canada† | 6 (21.4) | 8 (20.5) | 13 (27.7) | |
| Central Canada‡ | 12 (42.9) | 16 (41.0) | 16 (34.0) | 0.9 |
| Western Canada§ | 10 (35.7) | 15 (38.5) | 18 (38.3) | |
| Hospital bed size | ||||
| Median (IQR) | 441 (246–620) | 342 (165–487) | 290 (203–436) | 0.2 |
| Mean ± SD | 445 ± 241 | 354 ± 213 | 343 ± 222 | |
| Hospital type | ||||
| Adult | 13 (46.4) | 20 (51.3) | 23 (48.9) | |
| Mixed | 9 (32.1) | 12 (30.8) | 17 (36.2) | 1.0 |
| Pediatric | 6 (21.4) | 7 (18.0) | 7 (14.9) | |
| Specialized services | ||||
| ICU | 28 (100) | 37 (94.9) | 44 (93.6) | 0.45 |
| Hematology–oncology | 19 (67.9) | 25 (64.1) | 26 (55.3) | 0.5 |
| Dialysis | 18 (64.3) | 28 (71.8) | 31 (66.0) | 0.8 |
| Burn unit | 16 (57.1) | 14 (35.9) | 15 (31.9) | 0.1 |
| Solid organ transplant | 15 (53.6) | 16 (41.0) | 16 (34.0) | 0.3 |
| Teaching hospital | ||||
| Yes | 28 (100.0) | 36 (92.3) | 41 (87.2) | 0.1 |
Note: ICU = intensive care unit, IQR = interquartile range, SD = standard deviation.
↵* Unless specified otherwise.
↵† Eastern Canada includes Nova Scotia (NS), New Brunswick (NB), Prince Edward Island (PEI) and Newfoundland and Labrador (NL).
↵‡ Central Canada includes Ontario (ON) and Quebec (QC).
↵§ Western Canada includes Manitoba (MB), Saskatchewan (SK), Alberta (AB) and British Columbia (BC).