Table 2

Case mix, outcome and activity for all admissions in the Case Mix Programme Database (N = 129,647)



N*
Mean/median/n
(SD/IQR/%)

Case mix




Mean (SD) age (years)

129,641
58.7
(19.8)
Median (IQR) age (years)

129,641
63
(47–73)
Gender male (n [%])

129,643
76,072
(58.7)
APACHE II




     Mean (SD) Acute Physiology Score

102,239
12.5
(6.7)
     Mean (SD) APACHE II score

102,237
16.5
(7.4)
     Mean (SD) UK mortality probability

99,281
0.255
(0.222)
     Median (IQR) UK mortality probability

99,281
0.181
(0.084–0.375)
Surgical status (n [%])

129,604


     Nonsurgical


71,473
(55.1)
     Elective/scheduled surgery


33,649
(26.0)
     Emergency/urgent surgery


24,270
(18.7)
     Surgery, unknown classification


212
(0.2)
Outcome




Mortality (n [%])




     CMP unit

123,610
25,142
(20.3)
     Any critical care unit

121,977
26,238
(21.5)
     Hospital housing CMP unit

122,062
34,912
(28.6)
     Any hospital

119,807
36,937
(30.8)
Activity




Median (IQR) length of stay (days)




     CMP unit
Survivors
102,826
1.7
(0.8–4.0)

Nonsurvivors
26,344
2.0
(0.7–6.1)
     Any critical care unit
Survivors
99,896
2
(1–5)

Nonsurvivors
27,133
2
(1–7)
     Hospital housing CMP unit
Survivors
90,704
14
(7–27)

Nonsurvivors
36,991
8
(2–19)
     Any hospital
Survivors
85,761
16
(9–33)

Nonsurvivors
38,651
9
(3–22)

APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; CMP, Case Mix Programme; IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation. * Number of nonmissing and nonexcluded observations. Exclusions: aged younger than 16 years, unit stay less than 8 hours, admission for primary burns or coronary artery bypass grafting, readmission within the same hospital stay, direct transfer in from another critical care unit, missing all 12 physiology variables. Exclusions: readmission to the CMP unit within the same hospital stay.

Harrison et al. Critical Care 2004 9(Suppl 3):S1   doi:10.1186/cc3745