Fig. 3From: Development of an algorithm to aid triage decisions for intensive care unit admission: a clinical vignette and retrospective cohort studyAssociation of individual questions with hospital mortality (a) and intensive care unit (ICU) admission (b). See supplementary material in Additional file 1 for number of patients in each group. *p < 0.001; †p < 0.05. Question 1: 1 = active intervention, 2 = monitoring. Question 2: 1 = no comorbidities, 2 = compensated comorbidities, 3 = decompensated comorbidities, 4 = advanced disease. Question 3: 1 = functionally independent, 2 = partially dependent, 3 = severely dependent. Question 4: 1 = probable survivor without severe disabilities, 2 = probable survivor with severe disabilities, 3 = probable nonsurvivorBack to article page