Limited English Proficiency and Sepsis Mortality by Race and Ethnicity.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) face multiple barriers and are at risk for worse health outcomes compared with patients with English proficiency (EP). In sepsis, a major cause of mortality in the US, the association of LEP with health outcomes is not widely explored.

Objective

To assess the association between LEP and inpatient mortality among patients with sepsis and test the hypothesis that LEP would be associated with higher mortality rates.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study of hospitalized patients with sepsis included those who met the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's sepsis criteria, received antibiotics within 24 hours, and were admitted through the emergency department. Data were collected

SUBMITTER: Limaye NP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10767592 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature