Table 4 Estimated volume of European cross-border care for inpatient admissions and emergency care
Inpatient admissionsEmergencies
Purposive sample studyCatalan case studyMARQuIS questionnaire studyPurposive sample studyMARQuIS questionnaire study
Number of hospitals that provided data176918211138
Number of EU foreigners hospitalised12 584150330 73118 18456 012
Total number of patients hospitalised526 540714 404481 156212 6865 396 435
Percentage of EU patients out of the total number of admissions to the hospital2.39%0.21%0.64%8.55%1.04%
Number of hospitals with no EU foreign admissions0No data19019
Number of hospitals with >0 to <1% of EU foreign admissions10No data139296
Number of hospitals with >1 to <5% of EU foreign admissions3No data17620
Number of hospitals with >5% of EU foreign admissions4No data733
Range of percentage of EU patients out of the total number of admissions0.01–22.3%No data0–88.24%0.1%–9%0–11.38%