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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the 10 participating study hospitals in Switzerland

From: PLUS-IS-LESS project: Procalcitonin and Lung UltraSonography-based antibiotherapy in patients with Lower rESpiratory tract infection in Swiss Emergency Departments: study protocol for a pragmatic stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial

 

Center 1

Center 2

Center 3

Center 4

Center 5

Center 6

Center 7

Center 8

Center 9

 

Cantonal Hospital of St Gallen

University Hospital of Lausanne (2021)

Hospital of Neuchâtel (2021)

University Hospital of Basel

Cantonal Hospital of Lucerne

Intercantonal Hospital of Broye

Hospital Riviera-Chablais

Cantonal Hospital of Baden

Cantonal Hospital Baselland

St Claraspital Basel

Nr. of adults acute-care beds 2022

710

814

296

700

630

100

264

389

160

230

Nr. of visits in the emergency department in 2022

48,839

43,509

32,172

56,800

25,794

18,158

35,206

65,000

29,697

16,769