COVID-19 ICU Patient Outcomes in France, February 2020 to June 2021

A nationwide cohort of 15,423 critically ill COVID-19 patients admitted to intensive care units in mainland France between February 2020 and June 2021. The data, managed by Santé publique France, was used to investigate factors associated with mortality, severe ARDS, ICU-free days, and need for invasive ventilatory support. The study was authored by Antoine Journé and last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling mortality risk based on patient age, sex, and pandemic period.
• Analyzing the association between obesity and severe ARDS or need for invasive respiratory support.
• Investigating temporal trends in ICU outcomes across the first three waves of the pandemic.
• Studying sex-based disparities in COVID-19 severity and mortality in critical care.

Strengths

• Nationwide scope covering all ICU admissions in mainland France.
• Includes 15,423 patient records with demographic details like age and sex.
• Covers three distinct pandemic periods from February 2020 to June 2021.
• Analyzes multiple clinical outcomes: mortality, severe ARDS, ICU-free days, and invasive support.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small at 33.9 KB, suggesting it may be a summary or supplementary file rather than the raw patient-level data.

Provenance

Source

Santé publique France (national public health agency).

Collection Method

National surveillance data from ICU admissions.

Time Range

February 2020 to June 2021.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-23 05:36:17; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Mainland France.