Table 3 Admission allocation (ICU vs. general ward) and in-hospital mortality rates according to different quintiles in every country

United States, n (% of predicted probability)

Ward (% of entire quintile)

Actual Admission

2734 (97.61%)

5653 (92.29%)

9923 (88.39%)

7811 (73.97%)

1675 (32.44%)

27,796

In-hospital death

5 (0.18%)

15 (0.27%)

51 (0.51%)

98 (1.25%)

92 (5.49%)

261

ICU (% of entire quintile)

Actual Admission

67 (2.39%)

472 (7.71%)

1303 (11.61%)

2749 (26.03%)

3488 (67.56%)

8079

In-hospital death

0 (0%)

16 (3.39%)

70 (5.37%)

264 (9.6%)

770 (22.08%)

1120

Total (% of entire cohort)

2801 (7.81%)

6125 (17.07%)

11,226 (31.29%)

10,560 (29.44%)

5163 (14.39%)

35,875

Australia, n (% of predicted probability)

Ward (% of entire quintile)

Actual Admission

1473 (99.33%)

3079 (98.88%)

5507 (98.41%)

4700 (97.41%)

968 (85.97%)

15,727

In-hospital death

20 (1.36%)

64 (2.08%)

172 (3.12%)

294 (6.26%)

139 (14.36%)

689

ICU (% of entire quintile)

Actual Admission

10 (0.67%)

35 (1.12%)

89 (1.59%)

125 (2.59%)

158 (14.03%)

417

In-hospital death

0 (0%)

6 (17.14%)

13 (14.61%)

20 (16%)

47 (29.75%)

86

Total (% of entire cohort)

1483 (9.19%)

3114 (19.29%)

5596 (34.66%)

4825 (29.89%)

1126 (6.97%)

16,144

Israel, n (% of predicted probability)

Ward (% of entire quintile)

Actual admission

1682 (99.47%)

1897 (99.11%)

2715 (98.8%)

2559 (97.08%)

1747 (94.03%)

10,600

In-hospital death

24 (1.43%)

24 (1.27%)

57 (2.1%)

147 (5.74%)

473 (27.07%)

725

ICU (% of entire quintile)

Actual admission

9 (0.53%)

17 (0.89%)

33 (1.2%)

77 (2.92%)

111 (5.97%)

247

In-hospital death

2 (22.22%)

4 (23.53%)

10 (30.3%)

25 (32.47%)

58 (52.25%)

99

Total (% of entire cohort)

1691 (15.59%)

1914 (17.65%)

2748 (25.33%)

2636 (24.3%)

1858 (17.13%)

10,847

p value (difference between countries in ICU admissions)

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001