Socioeconomic status and outcome from intensive care in England and Wales
| Autor: | Anthony R Brady, Kathy Rowan, Andrew Hutchings, Rosalind Raine, MJ Wildman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Male Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Cohort Studies Case mix index Intensive care medicine Confidence Intervals Odds Ratio Humans Hospital Mortality Elective surgery Socioeconomic status Diagnosis-Related Groups APACHE Retrospective Studies Wales APACHE II business.industry Research Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Retrospective cohort study Odds ratio Middle Aged Intensive Care Units Logistic Models Treatment Outcome England Socioeconomic Factors Withholding Treatment Elective Surgical Procedures Female Emergencies business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Medical care. 42(10) |
| ISSN: | 0025-7079 |
| Popis: | Objective: The objective of this study was to estimate the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and outcome for admissions to intensive care. Research Design: Retrospective cohort study. Subjects: We studied 51,572 admissions to 99 intensive-care units in England and Wales between 1995 and 2000. Measures: The SES of admissions was measured using Carstairs deprivation scores. Outcome was hospital mortality after adjustment for case mix using the APACHE II method. Results: Admissions of lower SES were, on average, younger and less likely to be following surgery. There was evidence of a SES gradient for hospital mortality in admissions after elective surgery after adjusting for case mix (test for trend P |
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