• Journal of critical care · Aug 2022

    Comparing continuous versus categorical measures to assess and benchmark intensive care unit performance.

    • Leonardo S L Bastos, Safira A Wortel, Nicolette F de Keizer, Ferishta Bakhshi-Raiez, SalluhJorge I FJIFD'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Brazilian Research in Intensive Care Network (BRICNet), Brazil; PostGraduate, Internal Medicine, Program Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, , Dave A Dongelmans, Fernando G Zampieri, Gastón Burghi, Ameen Abu-Hanna, Silvio Hamacher, Fernando A Bozza, and Marcio Soares.
    • Department of Industrial Engineering, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Electronic address: lslbastos@puc-rio.br.
    • J Crit Care. 2022 Aug 1; 70: 154063.

    PurposeTo compare categorical and continuous combinations of the standardized mortality ratio (SMR) and the standardized resource use (SRU) to evaluate ICU performance.Materials And MethodsWe analysed data from adult patients admitted to 128 ICUs in Brazil and Uruguay (BR/UY) and 83 ICUs in The Netherlands between 2016 and 2018. SMR and SRU were calculated using SAPS-3 (BR/UY) or APACHE-IV (The Netherlands). Performance was defined as a combination of metrics. The categorical combination was the efficiency matrix, whereas the continuous combination was the average SMR and SRU (average standardized ratio, ASER). Association among metrics in each dataset was evaluated using Spearman's rho and R2.ResultsWe included 277,459 BR/UY and 164,399 Dutch admissions. Median [interquartile range] ASER = 0.99[0.83-1.21] in BR/UY and 0.99[0.92-1.09] in Dutch datasets. The SMR and SRU were more correlated in BR/UY ICUs than in Dutch ICUs (Spearman's Rho: 0.54vs.0.24). The highest and lowest ASER values were concentrated in the least and most efficient groups. An expert focus group listed potential advantages and limitations of both combinations.ConclusionsThe categorical combination of metrics is easy to interpret but limits statistical inference for benchmarking. The continuous combination offers appropriate statistical properties for evaluating performance when metrics are positively correlated.Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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