Table 2.

Description of key baseline characteristics

	Pre-period	Post-period	p-value
Age (SD)	62.9 (19.1)	62.2 (19.3)	0.268
APACHE III Score (overall)	60.9 (28.5)	58.8 (28.1)	0.019
Q1	27.9 (8.0)	27.3 (8.1)	0.322
Q2	48.4 (4.9)	48.6 (4.8)	0.511
Q3	64.7 (5.0)	64.7 (5.2)	0.802
Q4	97.4(22.8)	96.7 (22.5)	0.373
ICU LOS	3.0 (4.0)	2.6 (3.4)	<0.001
Total LOS	8.8 (13.0)	8.1 (11.0)	0.123
Female (%)	45.6	47.2	0.319
ICU Night Admission (%)	45.3	47.0	0.288
Transferred to other ICU (%)	2.8	2.5	0.610
Discharged to Rehab/Psych (%)	9.0	9.8	0.416
Discharged home (%)	51.4	51.9	0.800
Internal ICU transfer (%)	24.2	24.8	0.627
External hospital transfer (%)	12.1	12.2	0.951

SD – standard deviation.