Table 1.

Patient characteristics

Variable	Period 1 (n=97)	Period 2 (n=135)	P-value
Age at admission (yr)	5.4 (0.7–10.3)	3.6 (0.2–5.1)	0.013
Chronic illness
Yes	66 (68)	79 (59)	0.071
None	31 (32)	56 (41)
Time of admission
Day	38 (39)	85 (63)	<0.001
Night	59 (61)	50 (37)
Monthly BOR (%)	89 (81–94)	75 (73–88)	0.015
Monthly BTR (%)	1.5 (1.1–1.7)	2.2 (1.9–2.7)	0.005

Values are presented as median (range) or number (%). Period 1: between November 2015 to January 2017 (no intensivist staffing); period 2: between February 2017 to February 2018 (intensivists staffing).

BOR: bed occupancy rate; BTR: bed turnover rate.