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Table 3 Subgroup analysis of mortality and cost-effectiveness by information on age, admission, surgery, and SOFA scores

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

 

ICU mortality

p value

In-hospital mortality

p value

Difference in cost (JPY)

Difference in life expectancy (years)

Difference in LYG (years)

Difference in QALY (years)

ICER (JPY/QALY)

 

Number of deaths/number of patients, %

  

Number of deaths/number of patients, %

       
 

ICU1/2

%

ICU3/4

%

 

ICU1/2

%

ICU3/4

%

      

Overall

1870/71,412

2.6

1983/46,330

4.3

 < 0.001

4361/71,412

6.1

4102/46,330

8.9

 < 0.001

566,724

1.93

1.25

0.79

718,659

 Age, years

               

Subgroup 1 (≦ 51)

177/9862

1.8

144/5128

2.8

 < 0.001

387/9,862

3.9

248/5128

4.8

 < 0.001

566,300

1.60

1.06

0.67

850,693

  Subgroup 2 (52–63)

218/11,321

1.9

204/6600

3.1

 < 0.001

537/11,321

4.7

375/6600

5.7

 < 0.001

488,301

0.27

0.18

0.11

4,344,097

  Subgroup 3 (64–74)

494/23,067

2.1

480/14,425

3.3

 < 0.001

1203/23,067

5.2

945/14,425

6.6

 < 0.001

488,134

0.30

0.17

0.11

4,584,021

Subgroup 4 (≧ 75)

981/27,162

3.6

1155/20,177

5.7

 < 0.001

2234/27,162

8.2

2534/20,177

12.6

 < 0.001

669,908

0.71

0.50

0.31

2,145,136

 Admission type

               

  Elective admission

243/45,495

0.5

158/24,645

0.6

0.073

718/45,495

1.6

394/24,645

1.6

0.836

382,141

1.14

0.74

0.46

824,716

  Emergency admission

1627/25,917

6.3

1825/21,685

8.4

 < 0.001

3643/25,917

14.1

3708/21,685

17.1

 < 0.001

713,846

2.23

1.45

0.91

782,439

Emergency surgery

486/15,840

3.1

420/10,743

3.9

 < 0.001

1525/15,840

9.6

1208/10,743

11.2

 < 0.001

605,377

1.71

1.11

0.78

776,991

 SOFA scores

               

  Subgroup 1 (0–2)

25/4385

0.6

27/4010

0.7

0.547

97/4385

2.2

136/4010

3.4

 < 0.001

365,369

2.04

1.32

0.93

394,081

  Subgroup 2 (3–5)

48/4396

1.1

66/2946

2.2

 < 0.001

253/4396

5.8

264/2946

9.0

 < 0.001

478,963

2.60

1.69

1.18

404,594

  Subgroup 3 (6–8)

74/3445

2.1

86/1866

4.6

 < 0.001

315/3445

9.1

272/1866

14.6

 < 0.001

502,951

2.27

1.48

1.03

486,621

  Subgroup 4 (9–11)

137/2292

6.0

97/1198

8.1

0.017

411/2292

17.9

261/1198

21.8

0.006

507,200

2.02

1.31

0.92

552,667

  Subgroup 5 (12–14)

130/1030

12.6

89/538

16.5

0.033

305/1030

29.6

180/538

33.5

0.118

566,486

1.46

0.95

0.67

850,518

  Subgroup 6 (15–24)

72/292

24.7

55/185

29.7

0.222

144/292

49.3

95/185

51.4

0.665

786,602

2.58

1.67

1.17

671,005

Elective surgery

143/44,864

0.3

97/24,292

0.4

0.085

520/44,864

1.2

288/24,292

1.2

0.757

381,083

1.12

0.73

0.52

736,932

 SOFA scores

               

  Subgroup 1 (0–2)

4/20,949

0.0

4/14,257

0.0

0.584

40/20,949

0.2

39/14,257

0.3

0.108

174,093

1.57

1.02

0.72

240,206

  Subgroup 2 (3–5)

12/12,702

0.1

9/5527

0.2

0.211

78/12,702

0.6

56/5527

1.0

0.004

303,501

1.27

0.83

0.59

516,341

  Subgroup 3 (6–8)

28/6366

0.4

10/2323

0.4

0.953

97/6,366

1.5

47/2323

2.0

0.106

365,490

1.78

1.15

0.82

445,860

  Subgroup 4 (9–11)

29/3409

0.9

25/1537

1.6

0.015

121/3,409

3.5

64/1537

4.2

0.292

309,338

1.53

1.00

0.71

437,516

  Subgroup 5 (12–14)

35/1174

3.0

30/530

5.7

0.008

108/1,174

9.2

56/530

10.6

0.376

348,303

0.79

0.51

0.36

961,209

  Subgroup 6 (15–24)

35/264

13.3

19/118

16.1

0.008

76/264

28.8

26/118

22.1

0.168

1,451,111

1.13

0.73

0.52

2,782,327

Non-surgery

1241/10,708

11.6

1466/11,295

13.0

0.002

2,316/10,708

21.6

2606/11,295

23.1

0.010

398,879

2.33

1.51

0.92

432,369

 SOFA scores

               

  Subgroup 1 (0–2)

43/2653

1.6

62/3781

1.6

0.953

111/2653

4.2

191/3781

5.1

0.001

242,197

3.56

2.31

1.41

171,521

  Subgroup 2 (3–5)

116/3222

3.6

187/3391

5.5

 < 0.001

375/3222

11.6

489/3391

14.4

 < 0.001

443,260

3.18

2.07

1.26

351,592

  Subgroup 3 (6–8)

251/2368

10.6

275/2051

13.4

0.004

562/2368

23.7

602/2051

29.4

 < 0.001

564,818

2.97

1.93

1.18

479,695

  Subgroup 4 (9–11)

297/1392

21.3

363/1095

33.2

 < 0.001

548/1392

39.4

575/1095

52.5

 < 0.001

625,128

3.70

2.40

1.47

426,560

  Subgroup 5 (12–14)

302/709

42.6

350/665

52.6

 < 0.001

428/709

60.4

482/665

72.5

 < 0.001

471,555

2.24

1.45

0.89

531,997

  Subgroup 6 (15–24)

232/361

63.7

229/312

73.4

0.007

292/361

80.2

267/312

85.6

0.066

654,238

0.80

0.52

0.32

2,054,148

  1. ICU intensive care unit, ICER incremental cost-effectiveness ratio, JPY Japanese Yen, LYG life year gained, QALY quality-adjusted life years, QOL quality of life, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment