During a period of service reconfiguration, intensivists routinely rostered to work in one ICU worked in another of the hospital's four ICUs. "Home" intensivists were those who continued to work in their usual ICU; "visitor" intensivists were those who delivered care in an unfamiliar ICU. Patient data were obtained from electronic patient records to provide analysis on sex, age, admission Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score, date and time of admission, and admission type (elective, transfer, or unplanned). Visitor intensivists in some ICUs were associated with higher mortality. The reasons are unknown but could relate to intensivists’ practices, unfamiliarity with the patients, or the interaction with the interprofessional team.

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