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Table 1 Selected indicators describing the healthcare systems in Austria and Germany

From: IT adoption of clinical information systems in Austrian and German hospitals: results of a comparative survey with a focus on nursing

Indicator

Austria

Germany

Total population in Mio.+

8.2

82.5

Life expectancy at birth in years +

79.5

79.0

Total health expenditure as a share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in % +

10.2

10.7

Public and private health expenditure per capita in US $ +

3519.0

3287.0

Hospital beds per 1000 population +

6.1

6.4

Average length of stay (LOS) in days +

5.9

8.6

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) units per million population (hospitals only) ++

10.1

8.0

Computer Tomography (CT) units per million population (hospitals only) ++

19.6

15.9

Number of registered nurses per 100,000 population +++

6.1

7.6

Average number of cases per nurse in hospitals ++++

51.8

57.7

  1. Differences printed in bold
  2. Sources: + [6], ++ [15, 16], +++ [17], ++++ [18, 19]