Characteristics and outcomes of patients admitted to adult intensive care units in Hong Kong: a population retrospective cohort study from 2008 to 2018.
Lowell LingChun Ming HoPauline Yeung NgKing Chung Kenny ChanHoi Ping ShumCheuk Yan ChanAlwin Wai Tak YeungWai Tat WongShek Yin AuKit Hung Anne LeungJacky Ka Hing ChanChi Keung ChingOi Yan TamHin Hung TsangTing LiongKin Ip LawManimala DharmangadanDominic SoFu Loi ChowWai Ming ChanKoon Ngai LamKai Man ChanOi Fung MokMan Yee ToSze Yuen YauCarmen ChanElla LeiGavin Matthew JoyntPublished in: Journal of intensive care (2021)
Despite relatively modest per capita health expenditure, and a small number of ICU beds per population, Hong Kong consistently provides a high-quality and efficient ICU service. Number of adult ICU admissions has increased, whilst adjusted mortality has decreased over the last decade. Although APACHE IV had good discrimination for hospital mortality, it overestimated hospital mortality of critically ill patients in Hong Kong.