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One-Year Mortality and Hospital Readmission in Survivors of COVID-19 Critical Illness—A Population-Based Cohort Study
Main finding · 1-year mortalityResult — go to the resultHazard ratio 0.67 95% CI 0.58–0.78Authors' conclusion
Risk of ED visit, hospital readmission, ICU readmission, and mortality within 1 year of discharge among survivors of COVID-19 critical illness was lower than survivors of critical illness from non-COVID-19 pneumonia.
Study context
- Population
- Adult (≥ 18 yr) survivors of ICU admission with COVID-19, 102 centers, Ontario, Canada
- Participants
- 6,098 vs 2,568
- Exposure
- COVID-19 vs Non-COVID-19 pneumonia
- COVID-19n = 6,098
- Non-COVID-19 pneumonian = 2,568reference
- Outcome
- Mortality
- Follow-up
- 1 year
Methodological detailsoverlap propensity score-weighted, cause-specific proportional hazard models
- Overlap propensity score-weighted
- Cause-specific proportional hazard models
Main finding
1-year mortality
Hazard ratio
0.67
95% CI 0.58–0.78
COVID-19 vs Non-COVID-19 pneumonia
HR 0.67 (95% CI 0.58–0.78)
As reported in the abstract
- Died within 1 yr (COVID-19 critical illness survivors)
- 917 (15.0%)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
| Outcome | HR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|
| ED visit · 1 year | 0.65 (0.60–0.71) | |
| Hospital readmission · 1 year | 0.56 (0.51–0.62) | |
| ICU readmission · 1 year | 0.44 (0.37–0.53) | |
| 0.20.5125Hazard ratio (log scale) |
- Hospital readmission — Readmitted to hospital (COVID-19 critical illness survivors)
- 1610 (26.4%)
- ICU readmission — Readmitted to ICU (COVID-19 critical illness survivors)
- 375 (6.1%)
Original publication
One-Year Mortality and Hospital Readmission in Survivors of COVID-19 Critical Illness—A Population-Based Cohort Study. Crit Care Med. Published 27 February 2025. doi:10.
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