Identifying racial inequalities in long-term outcomes among survivors of critical illness with sepsis in a US cohort: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Racial disparities in critical illness outcomes are well-described, with social determinants of health as likely contributors. We sought to identify inequalities in readmissions and mortality between black and white patients among survivors of critical illness with sepsis and assess whether these disparities were explained by neighbourhood characteristics, health insurance and hospital quality.

Design

Retrospective cohort study examining 90-day and 9-month readmissions and survival as coprimary outcomes. Models included age, sex, race and area deprivation index (ADI), Medicaid status or hospital Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Star rating. Accelerated failure time and Cox proportional hazards models with subgroup analyses by age and surgical status were employed.<

SUBMITTER: Naiditch H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12645620 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature