Table 5. ICU admission and outcomes according to physicians' decisions.

	all	Eligible for ICU admission	Non eligible		Missing values
N	2646	329	2317
ICU admission	12.4% (327)	97.3% (320)	0.3% (7)	*
Hospital death	27.2% (717)	32.8% (108)	26.3% (609)	*
Probability of death †	31% (20%; 20% ; 16%–41%)	35% (22%; 29%; 16%–45%)	30% (19% ; 20% ; 17%–40%)	*	6.0% (159)
Death (in hospital + at 6 months)	50.7% (1264)	50.6% (157)	50.7% (1107)		5.7% (151)
Functional status at six months‡	4.26 (1.92; 5; 3–6)	4.71 (1.67; 5.5 ; 4–6)	4.19 (1.95; 5 ; 3–6)	*	11.8% (145)
Death or functional deterioration§	63.3% (1433)	63.7% (177)	63.2% (1256)		14.4% (382)

Results for continuous and categorical variables are presented respectively as the mean (sd; median ; Inter-Quartile Range) or % (n).

^*significant difference (P<0.05).

^†estimation based on the Mortality Probability Model 0 (MPM0).

^‡assessed using Katz's Activities of Daily Living scale (ADL).

^§defined as a one-point loss in at least one dimension of the ADL score six months after the ED visit.