Median Odds Ratio
Significant between-ICU mortality variation existed even among ICU-years within the narrowest 95% control limits. For all diagnoses in the narrow control limit group, the MOR was 1.126 with a 95% confidence interval of 1.104 to 1.155. MOR…
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Significant between-ICU mortality variation existed even among ICU-years within the narrowest 95% control limits. For all diagnoses in the narrow control limit group, the MOR was 1.126 with a 95% confidence interval of 1.104 to 1.155. MOR values excluding 1.00 in the confidence interval indicate statistically significant systematic mortality differences between ICUs. The study used MOR to translate random-intercept variance into a measure of between-ICU mortality variation. The MOR compares otherwise similar patients admitted to two randomly selected ICUs.