Healthcare Use and Expenditures in Rural Survivors of Hospitalization for Sepsis*
Authors' conclusion
In this large cohort study, we report important differences in healthcare use and expenditures between rural and urban sepsis survivors.
Study context
- Population
- Adult survivors of hospitalization for severe sepsis or septic shock, IBM MarketScan Commercial Claims and Encounters and Medicare Supplemental databases, 2013–2018
- Participants
- 106,189 survivors
- Exposure
- Rural vs urban sepsis survivors
Methodological detailsclaims database, multivariable regression
- Claims database
- Multivariable regression
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Rural vs UrbanOdds ratio (95% CI)P value
ED visit
1.17(1.13–1.22)
P < 0.001Primary care visit
0.91(0.87–0.94)
P < 0.001Home healthcare
0.88(0.84–0.93)
P < 0.001ED expenditures (14% lower)
0.86(0.80–0.91)
P < 0.001Hospital readmission expenditures (9% lower)
0.91(0.87–0.96)
P < 0.001Observational data: associations, not effects.
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Original publication
Healthcare Use and Expenditures in Rural Survivors of Hospitalization for Sepsis*. Crit Care Med. Published 13 August 2024. doi:10.
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