Table 1.
Characteristics of participating and non-participating ICUs.
| Characteristic | Overall N = 163 |
Participating N = 61 |
Non-participating N = 102 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tertiary level | 38 (23%) | 17 (28%) | 21 (21%) |
| Private | 56 (34%) | 16 (26%) | 40 (39%) |
| Metropolitan | 30 (18%) | 7 (12%) | 23 (23%) |
| Rural/regional | 34 (21%) | 19 (31%) | 15 (15%) |
| Paediatric ICU | 5 (3%) | 2 (3%) | 3 (3%) |
| Country | |||
| Australia | 141 (87%) | 50 (82%) | 91 (89%) |
| New Zealand | 22 (13%) | 11 (18%) | 11 (11%) |
| Australian State/Territory | |||
| Victoria | 36 (25%) | 10 (20%) | 26 (28%) |
| New South Wales | 51 (36%) | 16 (32%) | 35 (38%) |
| Queensland | 26 (18%) | 12 (24%) | 14 (15%) |
| Western Australia | 12 (8%) | 5 (10%) | 7 (8%) |
| South Australia | 11 (8%) | 3 (6%) | 8 (9%) |
| Tasmania | 3 (2%) | 1 (2%) | 2 (2%) |
| ACT | 2 (1%) | 2 (4%) | 0 (0%) |
| Northern Territory | 2 (1%) | 1 (2%) | 1 (1%) |
| ICU beds | |||
| 3-9 | 23 (38%) | ||
| 10-19 | 22 (36%) | ||
| 20-30 | 9 (15%) | ||
| >30 | 7 (11%) | ||