Classifying nursing organization in wards in Norwegian hospitals: self-identification versus observation

BMC Nursing

Table 1 Sample characteristics and comparison to non-consenting wards.

	Wards in the sample		Wards that did not consent to participate		p
	n	%	n	%
Geographical region					0.527^a
Central Norway	20	22	14	16
Northern Norway	7	8	12	14
Southern Norway	17	18	15	17
Western Norway	19	20	22	25
Eastern Norway	30	32	24	28
Total	93	100	87	100
Type of care provided
Surgical	23	25	34	39	0.282^a
Medical	45	48	35	40
Orthopaedics	13	14	7	8
Neurology	5	5	5	6
Mixed and gynaecology	7	8	6	7
Total	93	100	87	100
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Hospital bed capacity	312	226	403	314	0.027^b
Ward bed capacity	25.2	4.9	25.5	4.2	0.694^b

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