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Table 5 Comparison of quality control indicators in low-, middle-, and high-income provinces

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

Proportion of ICU in total in-patients (%)

 Low GDP province

1.77 (1.25, 2.53)

1.66(1.14, 2.59)

1.72(1.15, 2.51)

 Middle GDP province

1.54(1.15, 2.56)

1.60(1.2, 2.68)

1.57(1.16, 2.56)

 High GDP province

1.56(1.06, 2.26)

1.60(1.08, 2.21)

1.55(1.09, 2.26)

Proportion of ICU in total inpatient bed occupancy(%)

 Low GDP province

1.12 (0.74, 1.58)

1.16 (0.84, 1.76)

1.15(0.77, 1.8)

 Middle GDP province

1.08 (0.72, 1.65)

1.13 (0.73, 1.65)

1.19(0.87, 1.63)

 High GDP province

1.27 (0.90, 1.87)

1.35 (0.91, 1.97) §

1.36(0.94, 1.85)

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

 Low GDP province

66.00 (40.07, 81.89)

62.81 (41.87, 80.25)

61.79 (39.94, 76.6)

 Middle GDP province

56.88 (34.12, 75.33)

62.50 (42.31, 80.36)

60.15 (35.01, 77.39)

 High GDP province

57.34 (37.44, 79.47)

60.31 (39.57, 75.17)

57.74 (36.55, 74.96)

3 h SSC bundles compliance rate(%)

 Low GDP province

85.00 (61.22, 100)

88.61 (66.67, 100)

90.28 (70.42, 100)

 Middle GDP province

77.78 (60.00, 94.12)

82.43 (58.82, 100)

84.03 (67.33, 100)

 High GDP province

83.33 (62.41, 100)

89.47 (66.67, 100)

89.83 (71.76, 100)

6 h SSC bundles compliance rate

 Low GDP province

66.67 (33.33, 95.16)

72.84 (41.86, 96.49)

77.14 (50.00, 95.77)

 Middle GDP province

65.15 (29.31, 87.18)

67.86 (31.98, 90.12)

71.01 (40.92, 93.05)

 High GDP province

64.04 (38.10, 93.33)

77.78 (43.90, 100)

78.93 (50.00, 99.09)

Microbiology detection rate before antibiotics(%)

 Low GDP province

80.24 (46.69, 99.02)

83.73 (60.81, 97.24)

89.15 (70.02, 100) *

 Middle GDP province

85.90 (46.96, 97.32)

84.50 (64.51, 97.36)

87.95 (69.17, 98.09)

 High GDP province

85.71 (57.42, 98.33)

82.78 (57.01, 97.09)

91.34 (70.72, 100) *†

DVT prophylaxis rate(%)

 Low GDP province

74.22 (30.74, 95.39)

65.40 (32.78, 94.99)

82.47 (47.02, 96.09)

 Middle GDP province

74.39 (32.48, 98.42)

72.25 (33.00, 96.28)

76.80 (40.89, 96.39)

 High GDP province

72.93 (41.96, 95.58)

75.46 (42.48, 97.68)

85.77 (55.62, 99.66)

Unplanned endotracheal extubation rate(%)

 Low GDP province

1.20 (0.11, 3.37)

1.32 (0.34, 3.33)

1.19 (0.36, 3.19)

 Middle GDP province

1.44 (0.29, 4.17)

1.29 (0.22, 4.10)

1.41 (0.41, 3.50)

 High GDP province

0.96 (0.05, 3.00)

1.23 (0.19, 2.78)

1.34 (0.30, 3.79) *

Reintubation rate within 48 h(%)

 Low GDP province

1.49 (0.44, 4.00)

1.59 (0.64, 3.91)

1.61 (0.56, 3.62)

 Middle GDP province

1.78 (0.43, 4.58)

1.67 (0.56, 3.45)

2.18 (0.73, 4.37)

 High GDP province

1.63 (0.59, 4.44)

1.56 (0.44, 3.97)

1.87 (0.66, 3.67) §

Rate of unplanned transfer to ICU(%)

 Low GDP province

2.57 (0.50, 7.21)

2.27 (0.68, 7.53)

2.49 (0.87, 8.71)

 Middle GDP province

3.30 (0.74, 14.21)

2.89 (0.68, 10.16)

2.21 (0.62, 7.78)

 High GDP province

2.67 (0.76, 7.59)

2.62 (0.70, 6.93)

2.76 (0.93, 7.34)

ICU readmission rate within 48 h(%)

 Low GDP province

0.97 (0.38, 2.00)

0.93 (0.34, 1.97)

1.11 (0.48, 2.16)

 Middle GDP province

1.13 (0.36, 2.49)

0.84 (0.26, 2.00)

1.34 (0.62, 2.38) †

 High GDP province

0.93 (0.42, 2.08)

0.89 (0.37, 2.09)

1.00 (0.38, 1.72)

VAP incidence rate(%)

 Low GDP province

12.39 (4.86, 28.81)

11.64 (4.28, 25.04)

9.52 (3.27, 18.32)

 Middle GDP province

9.93 (3.71, 22.87)

9.13 (3.96, 20.91)

7.83 (3.13, 15.15)

 High GDP province

11.15 (4.13, 20.64)

9.77 (4.32, 23.83)

7.52 (3.02, 16.79) *†

CRBSI incidence rate(%)

 Low GDP province

1.39 (0, 3.76)

1.21 (0, 3.01)

1.19 (0, 3.29)

 Middle GDP province

0.98 (0, 3.25)

1.39 (0, 3.58)

1.24 (0.11, 2.98)

 High GDP province

1.46 (0, 3.16)

1.60 (0, 3.62)

1.34 (0, 3.19)

CAUTI incidence rate(%)

 Low GDP province

 Middle GDP province

1.97 (0.47, 4.31)

2.13 (0.89, 4.97)

1.40 (0.55, 3.48)

2.02 (0.83, 4.94)

1.45 (0.59, 4.05)

2.14 (0.92, 4.59)

 High GDP province

2.17 (0.59, 4.42)

1.93 (0.58, 4.55)

1.92 (0.68, 3.78)

ICU Mortality rate(%)

 Low GDP province

8.16 (4.60, 13.50)

8.39 (4.57, 16.05)

8.54 (4.65, 14.31)

 Middle GDP province

7.68 (4.39, 13.12)

8.32 (4.91, 13.29)

8.90 (5.27, 14.89)

 High GDP province

9.83 (4.31, 17.06)

10.15 (5.21, 15.81)

10.15 (5.67, 17.15)

  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. 2016, P < 0.05
  3. †vs.2017, P < 0.05
  4. ¶ vs. low income
  5. §vs. middle income