in ICU (hours_in_icu) The number of Formerly known as ‘icuhours’. hours the patient spent in a designated intensive care unit for this episode of care. Hours on mechanical The total number Formerly as ‘hrsmechv’. ventilation of completed hours (hours_on_mech_ventilation) that the patient has spent on mechanical ventilation during the episode of care. Indigenous status Whether the 1 = Aboriginal Formerly as ‘abtsi’. (indigenous_status) person is Aboriginal 2 = Torres Strait Islander or Torres Strait 3 = Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin Islander, on 4 = Neither Aboriginal nor Torres Strait Islander the person’s own 5 = Indigenous not further specified – self-report. See 8 = Declined to respond notes above 9 = Unknown regarding access to this variable.
in ICU (hours_in_icu) The number of hours the patient spent in a designated intensive care unit for this episode of care. Formerly known as ‘icuhours’. Hours on mechanical ventilation (hours_on_mech_ventilation) The total number of completed hours that the patient has spent on mechanical ventilation during the episode of care. Formerly as ‘hrsmechv’. Indigenous status (indigenous_status) Whether the person is Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, on the person’s own self-report. See notes above regarding access to this variable. 1 = Aboriginal 2 = Torres Strait Islander 3 = Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin 4 = Neither Aboriginal nor Torres Strait Islander 5 = Indigenous – not further specified 8 = Declined to respond 9 = Unknown Formerly as ‘abtsi’.
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