Table 1 Hospital and intensive care unit characteristics according to hospital survivability of patients with sepsis.
Variable | All cases | Survived | Died | Pa |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Hospital characteristics | ||||
Type of hospital, no. (%) | n = 252 | n = 151 | n = 101 | – |
 Rural | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |
 Urban | 252 (100) | 151 (100) | 101 (100) |  |
University affiliation, no. (%) | n = 252 | n = 151 | n = 101 | < 0.001 |
 No | 153 (60.7) | 105 (69.5) | 48 (47.5) |  |
 Yes | 99 (39.3) | 46 (30.5) | 53 (52.5) |  |
ICU characteristics | ||||
Nature of ICU, no. (%) | n = 252 | n = 151 | n = 101 | – |
 Open | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |
 Closed | 252 (100) | 151 (100) | 101 (100) |  |
Type of ICU, no. (%) | n = 252 | n = 151 | n = 101 | 0.589 |
 Medical | 110 (43.7) | 68 (45.0) | 42 (41.6) |  |
 Surgical | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |
 Mixed | 142 (56.3) | 83 (55.0) | 59 (58.4) |  |
Nurse to patient ratio, no. (%) | n = 252 | n = 151 | n = 101 | 0.079 |
 1 or more nurses:1 patient | 7 (2.8) | 7 (4.6) | 0 |  |
 1 nurse:2 patients | 187 (74.2) | 111 (73.5) | 76 (75.2) |  |
 1 nurse:3 patients | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |
 1 nurse:4 or more patients | 58 (23.0) | 33 (21.9) | 25 (24.8) |  |
Intensivist to patient ratio, no. (%) | n = 252 | n = 151 | n = 101 | 0.446 |
 1 intensivist:5 or fewer patients | 165 (65.5) | 96 (63.6) | 69 (68.3) |  |
 1 intensivist:6–8 patients | 75 (29.8) | 49 (32.5) | 26 (25.7) |  |
 1 intensivist:9–11 patients | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |
 1 intensivist:12 or more patients | 12 (4.8) | 6 (4.0) | 6 (5.9) |  |
Training programme in ICU, no. (%) | n = 252 | n = 151 | n = 101 | 0.010 |
 No | 50 (19.8) | 22 (14.6) | 28 (27.7) |  |
 Yes | 202 (80.2) | 129 (85.4) | 73 (72.3) |  |
