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* Total number of ICU discharges being on mechanical ventilation at least one day during the ICU stay are counted.
* Total number of ICU discharges being on mechanical ventilation at least one day during the ICU stay are counted.
* Time Reference for month, quarter or year is based on  ICU discharge dates.  
* Time Reference for month, quarter or year is based on  ICU discharge dates.  
* Number of physical ICU beds available. The number of available bed rarely change except for pandemic or seasonal closures.
* The number of beds opened per unit is taken from the Bed Census Database.
** If the number of daily available bed changes over the period of time, use the number of bed which is the most numbered. Example, in a monthly period,  20 out of 30 days have opened bed = 15 while 10 days have 14 beds, use the number of bed=15.  


==Definition and Derivation==
==Definition and Derivation==