Table 1.

Priority levels of medical intensive care unit (ICU) admissions at Harbor-University of California Los Angeles Medical Center.

Priority	Description	Percentage, %
1	Critically ill, needing intensive treatment and monitoring that cannot be provided outside of ICUs	46.9
2	Not critically ill, but requiring close monitoring and potentially immediate intervention	23.4
3	Critically ill, but reduced likelihood of recovery because of underlying diseases or severity of acute illness	20.9
4	Not appropriate for ICU; equivalent outcomes achievable with non-ICU care	8.8