Table 3.

Health Outcomes and Resources Consumed: Slow- Versus Rapid-ICU Transfer (Crude)

	Slow Transfer (N = 56)	Rapid Transfer (N = 35)	RR (95% CI)	P Value
Health outcomes
Death in-hospital	41%	11%	3.5 (1.4 to 9.5)	.004
Survivors functionally dependent at hospital discharge*	11(33%)	5(16%)	1.5 (0.96 to 2.4)	.15
Hospital Resources†
Hospital length of stay–median (interquartile range)	14 d (7 to 20)	9 d (5 to 15)		.03
Median/hospital costs‡ (interquartile range)	34 (18 to 58)	21 (11 to 34)		.01

^*Mostly or totally dependent at time of hospital discharge (by modified functional independence measure score).

^†Hospital costs and hospital length of stay recorded from time each patient first met physiologic criteria until time of hospital discharge.

^‡Costs in thousands of 1994 dollars.

RR, relative risk; CI, confidence interval.