Resource use and outcome in intensive care units

Variation in severity-adjusted resource utilization and outcome in intensive care units

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN12457206

Enrollment

207953

Registered

2021-01-31

Start date

2008-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2022-08-29

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Conditions

Resource use and hospital outcome standardized for severity of illness in patients admitted to intensive care units Not Applicable

Interventions

Registry data from all admissions in 21 intensive care units from 2008-2017 will be used. Severity of illness and resource use data, collected prospectively in a quality registry, are

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All patients admitted to the participating intensive care units 2008-2017

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Data collection error 2. Missing admission number 3. Missing severity score 4. Missing diagnosis

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Resource use is measured from the retrospectively collected records using: 1. Length of intensive care unit stay 2. Daily collected data on therapeutic interventions (TISS-score) 3. Severity of illness measured during the first 24 hrs of intensive unit stay 4. Mortality measured at hospital discharge	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Characteristics of treatment centres measured from the retrospectively collected records using: 1. ICU-category (University, small/large non-University) 2. Cardiac surgery in hospital (yes/no) 3. Neurosurgery in hospital (yes/no) 4. Nurses/bed 5. Nurses/bed to physician/bed ratio 6. Total number of beds 7. Readmissions/total admissions 8. Admissions/bed 9. Specialist availability 24/7 (yes/no) 10. Medical emergency team (yes/no) 11. Physician full time equivalents(FTE)/bed, 12. Organization type (independent or not) 13. Median SAPS category 14. SMR	—

Measure

Time frame

Characteristics of treatment centres measured from the retrospectively collected records using: 1. ICU-category (University, small/large non-University) 2. Cardiac surgery in hospital (yes/no) 3. Neurosurgery in hospital (yes/no) 4. Nurses/bed 5. Nurses/bed to physician/bed ratio 6. Total number of beds 7. Readmissions/total admissions 8. Admissions/bed 9. Specialist availability 24/7 (yes/no) 10. Medical emergency team (yes/no) 11. Physician full time equivalents(FTE)/bed, 12. Organization type (independent or not) 13. Median SAPS category 14. SMR

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Countries

Estonia, Finland, Switzerland

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026