The association between higher nurse staffing standards in the fee schedules and the geographic distribution of hospital nurses: A cross-sectional study using nationwide administrative data

Table 1 Total number of nursing staff and hospital beds in 343 secondary medical areas Japan

Variables	Total number (×1,000)
Number of FTE nurses in inpatient wards	553.6
Wards with a 7:1 patient-to-nurse ratio	241.8
Wards with a 10:1 patient-to-nurse ratio	83.8
Wards with a 13:1 patient-to-nurse ratio	8.0
Wards with a 15:1 patient-to-nurse ratio	12.1
Intensive care units^a	47.0
Long-term care wards	30.6
Psychiatric wards	47.1
Other wards	83.2
Number of FTE associate nurses in inpatient wards	104.7
Wards with a 7:1 patient-to-nurse ratio	7.7
Wards with a 10:1 patient-to-nurse ratio	11.3
Wards with a 13:1 patient-to-nurse ratio	2.6
Wards with a 15:1 patient-to-nurse ratio	7.1
Intensive care units^a	0.2
Long-term care wards	26.9
Psychiatric wards	29.3
Other wards	19.7
Number of FTE nursign aids in inpatient wards	185.4
Wards with a 7:1 patient-to-nurse ratio	30.2
Wards with a 10:1 patient-to-nurse ratio	19.5
Wards with a 13:1 patient-to-nurse ratio	3.5
Wards with a 15:1 patient-to-nurse ratio	7.5
Intensive care units^a	1.4
Long-term care wards	55.2
Psychiatric wards	2.6
Other wards	65.4
Number of hospital beds	1454.4
Beds with a 7:1 patient-to-nurse ratio	413.3
Beds with a 10:1 patient-to-nurse ratio	207.1
Beds with a 13:1 patient: nurse ratio	26.8
Beds with a 15:1 patient-to-nurse ratio	53.2
Intensive care unit beds^a	21.4
Long-term care beds	212.8
Psychiatric ward beds	260.6
Others^b	259.2

FTE full time equivalent
^aIntensive care units include emergency departments, high dependency units, stroke care units, neonatal and pediatric intensive care units, and maternal-fetal intensive care units
^bOthers includes infectious disease, sub-acute, and rehabilitation beds

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