Table 3

Number of Procedures by Hospital and Regional Health Area (1993–1999)

Hospital	Regional Health Authority	Procedures, no.	Patients, no.	In-hospital deaths, no.	Surgeons performing ≥ 20 procedures, no.
A	A	562	555	35	7
B	A	633	612	33	8^*
C	A	493	473	25	7^*
D	B	862	845	42	13^*
E	B	696	675	26	10^*
F	C	293	283	14	5
G	D	189	183	6	2
H	E	150	146	11	2
I	F	318	315	14	3^*
J	G	80	78	4	1

↵* Some surgeons performed a few procedures at other regional hospitals, but the bulk of the procedures were performed at the specified hospital.