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Table 3 Change of 15 ICU quality control indicators from 2016 to 2018

From: Effects of a national quality improvement program on ICUs in China: a controlled pre-post cohort study in 586 hospitals

Indicators

2016

2017

2018

Trend P value

Proportion of ICU in total inpatients(%)

1.60(1.13, 2.44)

1.63(1.13, 2.45)

1.63(1.12, 2.42)

0.7562

Proportion of ICU in total inpatient bed occupancy(%)

1.18 (0.82, 1.74)

1.22(0.84, 1.88)

1.23 (0.87, 1.79)

0.1315

Proportion of APACHE II score ≥ 15 in all ICU patients(%)

61.02(38.22,79.22)

61.89(40.52,79.69)

59.38(36.86,76.52))

0.3361

3 h SSC bundles compliance rate(%)

83.18 (61.29, 100)

86.71 (65.96, 100)

89.22 (70.00, 100) †

0.0102

6 h SSC bundles compliance rate(%)

64.93(33.55,93.06)

74.00(39.62,96.91)

76.19 (46.88,96.67) †

0.0031

Microbiology detection before antibiotics(%)

83.91(49.75,97.87)

84.14(60.46,97.24)

90.00 (69.62, 100) *†

< 0.0001

DVT prophylaxis rate(%)

74.19(33.47,96.16)

71.70(38.05,96.28)

83.27 (47.36,97.77) *†

0.0093

Unplanned endotracheal extubation rate(%)

1.10(0.14, 3.35)

1.27(0.24, 3.23)

1.29(0.34, 3.35)

0.1075

Reintubation rate within 48 h(%)

1.64(0.48, 4.44)

1.60(0.55, 3.81)

1.81(0.66, 3.79)

0.4621

Rate of unplanned transfer to ICU(%)

2.70(0.68, 8.46)

2.47(0.70, 7.77)

2.59(0.83, 7.73)

0.7667

ICU re-admission rate within 48 h(%)

0.97(0.40, 2.09)

0.89(0.32, 2.01)

1.10(0.46, 2.09)

0.1904

VAP incidence rate(%)/1000 ventilator days

11.06 (4.23, 22.70)

10.20 (4.25, 23.94)

8.05(3.13, 17.37) *†

0.0002

CRBSI incidence rate(%)/1000 line days

1.30(0, 3.40)

1.39(0, 3.39)

1.24(0, 3.13)

0.6586

CAUTI incidence rate(%)/1000 line days

2.12(0.53, 4.52)

1.76(0.61, 4.41)

1.84(0.70, 4.10)

0.6703

ICU Mortality rate(%)

8.49(4.42, 14.82)

8.95(4.89, 15.70)

9.05(5.12, 15.80)

0.1075

  1. SSC surviving sepsis campaign, DVT deep vein thrombosis, VAP ventilator-associated pneumonia, CRBSI catheter-related bloodstream infection, CAUTI catheter-associated urinary tract infections
  2. *vs. 2015, P < 0.05;
  3. †vs. 2016, P < 0.05;