Table 2.

Opinions of two independent extraregional assessors (AS and GM) on avoidability of admission to intensive care and how far suboptimal care contributed to morbidity or mortality

	Definitely	Probably	Possibly	Not at all	Total*
Admission avoidable?
All patients (%):					κ=0.43
Assessor AS	1	5	37	57	100
Assessor GM	8	3	28	61	100
Overall mean (%)	4.5	4	32.5	59	100
Group 2 (No) (%):					κ=0.44
Assessor AS	1 (2)	5 (9)	27 (50)	21 (39)	54 (100)
Assessor GM	7 (13)	3 (6)	18 (33)	26 (48)	54 (100)
Overall mean (%)	7.5	7.5	41.5	43.5	100
Suboptimal care contributed to morbidity or mortality? (No) (%):					κ=0.29
Assessor AS	13 (24)	14 (26)	17 (31)	10 (19)	54 (100)
Assessor GM	22 (41)	9 (17)	18 (33)	5 (9)	54 (100)
Overall mean (%)	32.5	21	32.5	14	100

^*κ weighted for interassessor agreement.