Structure, process, and annual ICU mortality across 69 centers: United States Critical Illness and Injury Trials Group Critical Illness Outcomes Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Hospital-level variations in structure and process may affect clinical outcomes in ICUs. We sought to characterize the organizational structure, processes of care, use of protocols, and standardized outcomes in a large sample of U.S. ICUs.

Design

We surveyed 69 ICUs about organization, size, volume, staffing, processes of care, use of protocols, and annual ICU mortality.

Setting

ICUs participating in the United States Critical Illness and Injury Trials Group Critical Illness Outcomes Study.

Subjects

Sixty-nine intensivists completed the survey.

Measurements and main results

We characterized structure and process variables across ICUs, investigated relationships between these variables and annual ICU mortality, and adjusted for illness severity

SUBMITTER: Checkley W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4035482 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature