a slightly increasing trendp < 0.001
There was a slightly decreasing trend for hospital A (Spearman’s rho = −0.11, p < 0.001) and hospital B (Spearman’s rho = −0.10, p < 0.001), while a slightly increasing trend for hospital C (Spearman’s rho = 0.16, p < 0.001) (Fig. 1 ).