Table 5.

Incidence of tracheotomy and initiation of chronic ventilation by ICU characteristic

Technology by ICU bed size	Median (%)	Interquartile range	Range
Tracheostomy alone
≤17 beds	0.6	0.4 – 0.9	0 – 1.3
18–24 beds	0.8	0.4 – 1.1	0.2 – 2.5
≥25 beds	0.8	0.6 – 1.2	0.1 – 1.7
No PCCM fellowship	0.7	0.5 – 0.9	0 – 2.5
Affiliated PCCM fellowship	0.7	0.5 – 1.1	0.1 – 2.1
Invasive ventilation
≤17 beds	0.5	0.2 – 0.8	0 – 2.5
18–24 beds	0.6	0.5 – 0.9	0.2 – 1.7
≥25 beds	0.6	0.4 – 0.9	0.3 – 1.8
No PCCM fellowship	0.6	0.4 – 0.7	0 – 1.7
Affiliated PCCM fellowship	0.6	0.4 – 0.9	0 – 2.5
Noninvasive ventilation
≤17 beds	0.2	0 – 0.4	0 – 0.9
18–24 beds	0.3	0.1 – 0.4	0 – 2
≥25 beds	0.3	0.1 – 0.5	0 – 1.7
No PCCM fellowship	0.2	0 – 0.4	0 – 0.9
Affiliated PCCM fellowship	0.2	0.1 –0.4	0 – 0.2
Any technology
≤17 beds	1.3	0.9 – 2.1	0 – 3
18–24 beds	1.8	1.4 – 2.4	0.5 – 4.6
≥25 beds	1.8	1.2 – 2.3	0.6 – 3
No PCCM fellowship	1.5	1.1 – 1.8	0 – 4.6
Affiliated PCCM fellowship	1.9	1.2 – 2.4	0.5 – 3.4

Percentiles are of PICU patients (as opposed to admissions)