Insurance type and sepsis-associated hospitalizations and sepsis-associated mortality among US adults: A retrospective cohort study

Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  O'Brien Jr, James M ^a   Lu, Bo ^b   Ali, Naeem A ^a   Levine, Deborah A ^b,c   Aberegg, Scott K ^a   Lemeshow, Stanley ^b  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SEPSIS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; ADOLESCENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956203536     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc10243     Document Type: Article

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