The epidemiology of chronic critical illness in the United States*.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The epidemiology of chronic critical illness is not well characterized. We sought to determine the prevalence, outcomes, and associated costs of chronic critical illness in the United States.

Design

Population-based cohort study using data from the United States Healthcare Costs and Utilization Project from 2004 to 2009.

Setting

Acute care hospitals in Massachusetts, North Carolina, Nebraska, New York, and Washington.

Patients

Adult and pediatric patients meeting a consensus-derived definition for chronic critical illness, which included one of six eligible clinical conditions (prolonged acute mechanical ventilation, tracheotomy, stroke, traumatic brain injury, sepsis, or severe wounds) plus at least 8 days in an ICU.

Interventions

None.

Me

SUBMITTER: Kahn JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7901538 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature