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Patients who were transferred directly to the authors’ medical ICU from other hospitals were sicker and had worse outcomes than those who were directly admitted. Benchmarking data generated without taking referral source into account erroneously indicated an excessive death rate and other adverse outcomes.

The Downside of Accepting Critically Ill Patients in Transfer