Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Western Australia
Article History
Received: 17 June 2023
Accepted: 8 August 2023
First Online: 28 August 2023
Declarations
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: All authors have no conflict of interest to declare in relation to the subject matter and material discussed in this manuscript.
: Research approvals from the Hospital Quality Improvement Unit and Clinical Information System administrative committee were obtained (approval number 49386 on February 28, 2023: Performance of the current risk adjustment models with and without PhenoAge in intensive care patients) in using completely de-identified data of critically ill patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of Fiona Stanley Hospital in Western Australia between June 1, 2015 and June 30, 2021 from the Clinical Information System. Procedures were followed in accordance with the ethical and data protection standards of the approving committees and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975.
: Informed consent was waived due to use of de-identified retrospective data and the large number of patients included in the study including many who had died during the hospitalization or after discharge since their first admission.
: Waiver of consent for using de-identified administrative data.