Resource-rich Intensive Care Units vs. Standard Intensive Care Units on Patient Mortality: A Nationwide Inpatient Database Study.
administrative database
intensive care unit
intensivist
Journal
JMA journal
ISSN: 2433-3298
Titre abrégé: JMA J
Pays: Japan
ID NLM: 101769797
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
15 Oct 2021
15 Oct 2021
Historique:
received:
22
05
2021
accepted:
30
07
2021
entrez:
19
11
2021
pubmed:
20
11
2021
medline:
20
11
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
In this present study, we aimed to assess whether care in resource-rich intensive care unit (ICU) was associated with lower ICU mortality compared with care in standard ICU. This retrospective cohort study used administrative data that are routinely collected in Japan. Using the Japanese Diagnosis Procedure Combination inpatient database, we identified patients aged >15 years who were admitted to the ICU from April 2016 to March 2019. We defined resource-rich ICUs as ICUs with two or more intensivists as full-time employees, ≥20 m Of the 789,630 eligible patients from 458 ICUs, 237,138 (30%) were treated in the 111 resource-rich ICUs, whereas 552,492 (70%) were treated in the 347 standard ICUs. The crude ICU mortality rate was 3.6% (8443/237,138) among patients admitted to resource-rich ICUs, while it was 4.3% (23,490/552,492) among those admitted to standard ICUs. The results of the generalized estimating equation analysis showed that patients treated in resource-rich ICUs tended to have lower ICU mortality compared to patients treated in standard ICUs (difference, -0.4%; 95% confidence interval, -0.8%-0.0%). The findings of this nationwide study suggest that, compared with care in standard ICUs, care in resource-rich ICUs is associated with lower ICU mortality. This study showed the overall effect of treatment in hospitals with resource-rich ICUs including intensivist staffing and greater hospital resources. Further studies are required to assess the effects of organizational factors on mortality.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34796294
doi: 10.31662/jmaj.2021-0098
pmc: PMC8580699
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
397-404Informations de copyright
Copyright © Japan Medical Association.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
None
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