Staffing and infrastructure
| Number of hepatologists | Number of GIH | Number of specialist nurses | Number of liver specialist nurses | Histopathologist with liver specialist interest | Clinical histopathology meeting | |
| Median (range) | % | % | ||||
| UH (n=14) | 3 (1–10) | 0 (0–3) | 6 (2–16) | 2.5 (0–7) | 86 | 86 |
| DGH (n=14) | 0 (0–2) | 1 (0–4) | 2 (0–4) | 0.5 (0–3) | 35 | 57 |
| P value | <0.001 | 0.04 | <0.001 | 0.002 | 0.006 | 0.09 |
DGH, district general hospital; GIH, gastroenterologists with an interest in hepatology; UH, university hospital.