One-year survival and resource use after critical illness: impact of organ failure and residual organ dysfunction in a cohort study in Brazil

Table 3 Health care resource use in the year following ICU discharge

Post-ICU facilities	Patients (n = 690)
Ward	530 (77 %)
Step-down unit	160 (23 %)
Unplanned ICU admission	121 (18 %)
Hospital LOS after ICU discharge, days
Mean ± SD	23 ± 28
Median [IQR] (range)	13 [6–28] (1–186)
In-hospital mortality	125 (18 %)
Hospital discharge disposition	Patients (n = 565)
Long-term acute care facility	20 (4 %)
Rehabilitation facility	27 (5 %)
Home	518 (91 %)
1-yr health resource use	Patients (n = 534)^a
Hospital readmissions	199 (37 %)
Admission from emergency department^b	79 (40 %)
Days to the first readmission
Mean ± SD	100 ± 96
Median [IQR] (range)	69 [17–154] (1–360)
Hospital LOS on the first readmission,
Mean ± SD	12 ± 16
Median [IQR] (range)	6 [3–16] (1–106)
Number of readmissions, median [IQR] (range)	1 [1–2] (1–8)
Emergency department visit	276 (52 %)
Days to the first visit
Mean ± SD	84 ± 92
Median	49 [14–121] (1–361)
Number of emergency visits, median [IQR] (range)	2 [1–3] (1–27)
Outpatient consultation	478 (90 %)
Days to the first consult
Mean ± SD	29 ± 45
Median [IQR] (range)	15 [7–321] (1–356)
Number of outpatient visits, median [IQR] (range)	7 [3–13] (1–48)
Day hospital visit	38 (7 %)
Laboratory/radiologic examinations	270 (51 %)
Psychological/psychiatric service visit	58 (11 %)
Rehabilitation outpatient service^c	77 (14 %)
Long-term acute care facility/rehabilitation^d	16 (3 %)
1-yr mortality	46 (9 %)

ICU Intensive Care Unit, IQR interquartile range, LOS length of stay, SD standard deviation
^aThere were 34 patients who were not treated in our facilities after discharge
^bRefers to the number of the first hospital readmission occurring after an emergency department visit
^cIncludes physiotherapy, nutrition and speech therapist
^dPatients who were transferred to a long-term acute care or rehabilitation facilities after hospital readmission

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