Urban-Rural Disparities in Case Fatality of Community-Acquired Sepsis in Germany: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We aimed to examine urban-rural disparities in sepsis case fatality rates among patients with community-acquired sepsis in Germany.

Methods

Retrospective cohort study using de-identified data of the nationwide statutory health insurance AOK, covering approx. 30% of the German population. We compared in-hospital- and 12-month case fatality between rural and urban sepsis patients. We calculated odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals and the estimated adjusted odds ratio (OR_adj) using logistic regression models to account for potential differences in the distribution of age, comorbidities, and sepsis characteristics between rural and urban citizens.

Results

We identified 118,893 hospitalized patients with community-acquired sepsis in 2013-20

SUBMITTER: Matthaeus-Kraemer CT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10218320 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature