Variation in Bed-to-Physician Ratios During Weekday Daytime Hours in ICUs in Australia and New Zealand*

1 Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.

2 Department of Anesthesiology and Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

3 Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

4 Centre for Outcome and Resource Evaluation, Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

5 Department of Intensive Care, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

6 Department of Intensive Care, St John of God Hospital, Subiaco, WA, Australia.

7 School of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.

8 Intensive Care Department, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, WA, Australia.

9 Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia.

10 Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

11 Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

12 Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

13 Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL.

14 Division of Critical Care Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.

*See also p. 1831.

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All authors helped in concept and design of the study, and analysis and interpretation of data. Drs. Pilcher, Litton, and Anstey contributed to acquisition of data. Drs. Wunsch and Gershengorn drafted the article. All authors helped in critical revision.

Dr. Wunsch received funding from the Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Critical Care Organization and Outcomes. Dr. Gershengorn’s institution received funding from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; she received funding from the University of Miami Hospital and Clinics through the Data Analytics Research Team, Gilead Sciences, the American Thoracic Society, and Southeastern Critical Care Summit. The remaining authors have disclosed that they do not have any potential conflicts of interest.

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