Social Determinants of Sepsis Mortality in the United States: A Retrospective, Epidemiologic Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine whether neighborhood-level social determinants of health (SDoH) influence mortality following sepsis in the United States.

Study setting and design

Retrospective analysis of data from 4.4 million hospitalized patients diagnosed with sepsis, identified using International Classification of Diseases-10 codes, across the United States.

Data sources and analytic sample

De-identified, aggregated data were sourced from the TriNetX Diamond Network. SDoH variables included income, housing cost burden, broadband access, park proximity, racial/ethnic diversity, and the Area Deprivation Index (ADI). The primary outcome was mortality, assessed using univariate and multivariate binomial generalized linear models. Predictors with high multicollinearity (Varia

SUBMITTER: Ardabili AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11702742 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature