Practice Variation in the Management of First Trimester Miscarriage in The Netherlands: A Nationwide Survey

Table 1

Mean number of patients (in percentages) per different treatment options.

	Academic ()		Nonacademic, teaching ()		Nonteaching ()
	%	SD	%	SD	%	SD
Curettage	29	11	46^a	20	54^a	20
Misoprostol	41^b	8,3	34	20	27	17
Expectant management	31^b	8,5	20	15	20	12

Curettage as primary treatment, academic versus nonacademic teaching hospitals: and academic versus nonacademic nonteaching hospitals: (Mann-Whitney test).
^bMisoprostol as a primary treatment, academic versus nonteaching hospitals: (Mann-Whitney test).
^cExpectant management as primary treatment, academic versus nonteaching hospitals: (Mann-Whitney test).
All other comparisons: NS.