Intensive care unit mortality and cost-effectiveness associated with intensivist staffing: a Japanese nationwide observational study.

Saori IkumiTakuya ShigaTakuya UedaEichi TakayaYudai IwasakiYu KaihoKunio TarasawaKiyohide FushimiYukiko ItoKenji FujimoriMasanori Yamauchi

Published in: Journal of intensive care (2023)

ICU1/2 is associated with lower ICU patient mortality than ICU3/4. Treatments under ICU1/2 are more cost-effective than those under ICU3/4, with an ICER of < 5 million JPY/QALY.

Keyphrases

intensive care unit
mechanical ventilation
cardiovascular events
risk factors
acute respiratory distress syndrome
case report
type diabetes
coronary artery disease