Patient groups

Any cultural biases regarding ICU admission by gender remains unmeasured in both the United States and Japan. Our inability to confirm earlier findings regarding differences in risk-adjusted outcome associated with gender may be a result of differences in hospital selection or sample size. A large proportion of Japanese patients admitted to the ICU are admitted from the operating room. Many of these follow elective surgery. Given the extremely small percentage of beds available, there appears to be a clear preference for ICU admission of elective surgical patients when compared to other patient groups. canadian healthcare mall 
In both the United States and Japan, there is increasing scrutiny of the effectiveness and outcomes related to the provision of ICU care. The need to carefully assess the impact of ICU delivery is growing in a period in which the health-care systems of both nations are attempting to maximize the utility derived from expended resources and are facing ever-aging populations.