Table 1.
Markov chain of intensive care unit patients by body anatomic system, indicating probability of change between each destination after first day of admission in the hospital.
| H | I | B | O | W | U | E | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RESPIRATORY | ||||||||
| H | .891 | .105 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .004 |
| I | .013 | .888 | .002 | .001 | .059 | .006 | .001 | .030 |
| B | .049 | .089 | .837 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .025 | .000 |
| O | .000 | .087 | .043 | .870 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| W | .008 | .013 | .000 | .000 | .883 | .000 | .088 | .008 |
| U | .000 | .008 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .921 | .055 | .016 |
| E | * | * | * | * | * | * | 1 | * |
| D | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | 1 |
|
CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||||
| H | .884 | .110 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .006 |
| I | .003 | .838 | .002 | .008 | .099 | .008 | .008 | .034 |
| B | .012 | .044 | .880 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .064 | .000 |
| O | .000 | .042 | .042 | .839 | .000 | .000 | .077 | .000 |
| W | .000 | .012 | .002 | .000 | .825 | .000 | .156 | .005 |
| U | .000 | .000 | .006 | .000 | .000 | .877 | .111 | .006 |
| E | * | * | * | * | * | * | 1 | * |
| D | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | 1 |
|
GASTROINTESTINAL | ||||||||
| H | .905 | .095 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| I | .000 | .880 | .002 | .000 | .068 | .008 | .000 | .042 |
| B | .000 | .036 | .936 | .010 | .000 | .000 | .018 | .000 |
| O | .000 | .000 | .000 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| W | .000 | .005 | .000 | .000 | .876 | .000 | .117 | .002 |
| U | .000 | .019 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .916 | .065 | .000 |
| E | * | * | * | * | * | * | 1 | * |
| D | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | 1 |
|
NEUROLOGICAL | ||||||||
| H | .895 | .104 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .001 |
| I | .016 | .851 | .000 | .002 | .074 | .022 | .003 | .032 |
| B | .011 | .070 | .908 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .011 | .000 |
| O | .100 | .000 | .100 | .600 | .000 | .000 | .100 | .100 |
| W | .001 | .004 | .000 | .000 | .887 | .000 | .100 | .007 |
| U | .000 | .011 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .863 | .126 | .000 |
| E | * | * | * | * | * | * | 1 | * |
| D | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | 1 |
|
TRAUMA | ||||||||
| H | .821 | .161 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .018 |
| I | .004 | .909 | .000 | .001 | .049 | .016 | .000 | .021 |
| B | .000 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| O | .000 | .000 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .500 |
| W | .000 | .009 | .000 | .000 | .918 | .000 | .067 | .006 |
| U | .000 | .005 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .962 | .033 | .000 |
| E | * | * | * | * | * | * | 1 | * |
| D | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | 1 |
|
OTHER | ||||||||
| H | .879 | .121 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| I | .009 | .895 | .002 | .001 | .056 | .008 | .003 | .026 |
| B | .043 | .043 | .878 | .007 | .000 | .000 | .029 | .000 |
| O | .000 | .050 | .050 | .900 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| W | .000 | .003 | .000 | .000 | .888 | .000 | .107 | .002 |
| U | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .914 | .086 | .000 |
| E | * | * | * | * | * | * | 1 | * |
| D | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | 1 |
H= other location same hospital; I= same ICU or other ICU within the same hospital; B= Other hospital's ward, not ICU or being at other hospital after discharge from ICU to other hospital; O= Other hospital's ICU; W= Ward same hospital; U=High dependency unit same hospital or Intermediate care area same hospital; E=House/hospice/rehabilitation unit and D=Death.
*
indicates a logical zero and it was not estimated.