Hospital outcomes for children with severe sepsis in the USA by race or ethnicity and insurance status: a population-based, retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Disparities in outcomes of adult sepsis are well described by insurance status and race and ethnicity. There is a paucity of data looking at disparities in sepsis outcomes in children. We aimed to determine whether hospital outcomes in childhood severe sepsis were influenced by race or ethnicity and insurance status, a proxy for socioeconomic position.

Methods

This population-based, retrospective cohort study used data from the 2016 database release from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Kids' Inpatient Database (KID). The 2016 KID included 3 117 413 discharges, accounting for 80% of national paediatric discharges from 4200 US hospitals across 47 states. Using multilevel logistic regression, clustered by hospital, we tested the association between race o

SUBMITTER: Mitchell HK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9020885 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature