Comparative costs for critically ill patients with limited English proficiency versus English proficiency.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To conduct comparative cost analysis of hospital care for critically ill patients with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) versus patients with English proficiency (controls).

Patients and methods

We conducted a historical cohort study using propensity matching at Mayo Clinic Rochester, a quaternary care academic center. We included hospitalized patients who had at least one admission to ICU during a 10-year period between 1/1/2008-12/31/2017.

Results

Due to substantial differences in baseline characteristics of the groups, propensity matching for the covariates age, sex, race, ethnicity, APACHE 3 score, and Charlson Comorbidity score was used, and we achieved the intended balance. The final cohort included 80,404 patients, 4,246 with LEP and 76,158 controls.

SUBMITTER: Barwise AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10132690 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature