Multimorbidity and Its Relationship With Long-Term Outcomes After Critical Care Discharge: A Prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Survivors of critical illness have poor long-term outcomes with subsequent increases in health care utilization. Less is known about the interplay between multimorbidity and long-term outcomes.

Research question

How do baseline patient demographics impact mortality and health care utilization in the year after discharge from critical care?

Study design and methods

Using data from a prospectively collected cohort, we used propensity score matching to assess differences in outcomes between patients with a critical care encounter and patients admitted to the hospital without critical care. Long-term mortality was examined via nationally linked data as was hospital resource use in the year after hospital discharge. The cause of death was also examined.

Resul

SUBMITTER: McPeake J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9199363 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature