Supplementary Table 1: Procedure per hospital (n=1398)

Hospital / Open-Mesh / TEP / TAPP
n per hospital / % per hospital / Mean total costs / LoS in days / n per hospital / % per hospital / Mean total costs / LoS in days / n per hospital / % per hospital / Mean total costs / LoS in days
1 / 20 / 14.2 / € 2,275.46 / 2.9 / 55 / 39.0 / € 1,862.89 / 2.3 / 66 / 46.8 / € 1,972.96 / 1.4
3 / 22 / 57.9 / € 2,293.79 / 2.5 / 16 / 42.1 / € 1,916.37 / 2.8 / - / - / - / -
4 / 61 / 71.8 / € 1,767.16 / 1.9 / - / - / - / - / 24 / 28.2 / € 1,885.14 / 1.5
7 / 79 / 54.1 / € 2,062.17 / 3.8 / 65 / 44.5 / € 1,577.78 / 2.7 / 2 / 1.4 / € 1,783.90 / 3.5
10 / 39 / 43.3 / € 1,791.47 / 2.7 / - / - / - / - / 51 / 56.7 / € 2,209.23 / 2.3
11 / 25 / 43.1 / € 2,258.76 / 4.4 / - / - / - / - / 33 / 56.9 / € 2,537.73 / 2.5
12 / 73 / 61.9 / € 1,778.64 / 2.8 / - / - / - / - / 45 / 38.1 / € 2,273.79 / 2.4
14 / - / - / - / - / 52 / 100.0 / € 1,614.24 / 3.2 / - / - / - / -
15 / - / - / - / - / 76 / 100.0 / € 1,594.04 / 2.5 / - / - / - / -
16 / 7 / 6.3 / € 2,868.90 / 4.9 / 17 / 15.3 / € 2,010.43 / 2.5 / 87 / 78.4 / € 2,421.36 / 2.7
17 / 107 / 48.0 / € 1,400.38 / 2.2 / 116 / 52.0 / € 1,439.49 / 2.2 / - / - / - / -
19 / - / - / - / - / 44 / 88.0 / € 2,280.24 / 3.7 / 6 / 12.0 / € 3,366.83 / 5.0
20 / 35 / 81.4 / € 1,687.04 / 3.1 / 8 / 18.6 / € 2,196.44 / 2.9 / - / - / - / -
21 / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / 60 / 100.0 / € 2,437.60 / 4.5
22 / 12 / 11.2 / € 3,308.16 / 3.8 / 92 / 86.0 / € 2,001.35 / 2.0 / 3 / 2.8 / € 1,979.03 / 2.3
Total / 480 / 541 / 377

Supplementary Table 1: Procedure per hospital

LoS=Length of stay, d=days, n=frequency, Open-mesh=open-mesh hernia repair, TAPP=transabdominal preperitoneal hernia repair, TEP=totally extraperitoneal hernia repair.