Joynt GM, Tat WW.; Intensive Care Med. 2014 Aug;40(8):1144-6.
The Hong Kong Hospital Authority provides a high standard of intensive care for residents at nominal cost. The territory-wide mean predicted risk of hospital death by APACHE III-j score is 26 %, with a risk-adjusted hospital mortality of 0.8, and hospital median and mean length of stay 2.1 and 4.2 days [1]. While excellence in diagnosis and supportive care remain the cornerstone of ICU management internationally, practice in Hong Kong presents some special challenges.
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