Twelve-month mortality outcomes for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people admitted to intensive care units in Australia: a registry-based data linkage study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare longer term (12-month) mortality outcomes for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) in Australia.

Design, setting, participants

Retrospective registry-based data linkage cohort study; analysis of all admissions of adults (16 years or older) to Australian ICUs, 1 January 2017 - 31 December 2019, as recorded in the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) Adult Patient Database (APD), linked using the SLK-581 key to National Death Index data.

Main outcome measures

Unadjusted and adjusted mortality risk, censored at twelve months from the start of index ICU admission. Secondary outcomes were unadjusted and adjusted mortality twelve months from admission to the ICU.

Results

The APD record

SUBMITTER: Secombe PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10092659 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature