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Selection of study population.
IMV, invasive mechanical ventilation; ICD-9, International Classification of Diseases 9th Revision
*Number of IMV unspecified discharges (n=569).
**Some patients with IMV unspecified (ICD-9 code:96.70) also had missing gender or some combination of those three variables (IMV time, gender, and insurance).
