Hospital-level variation in the development of persistent critical illness
Patients with persistent critical illness may account for up to half of all intensive care unit (ICU) bed-days. It is unknown if there is hospital variation in the development of persistent critical illness and if hospital performance affects the incidence of persistent critical illness.. In the analysis of 100 hospitals which encompassed 153,512 hospitalizations, 4.9% (Nβ=β7640/153,512) developed persistent critical illness. There was variation in the … Continue reading Hospital-level variation in the development of persistent critical illness