The association of lacking insurance with outcomes of severe sepsis: Retrospective analysis of an administrative database

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 583-591

  Kumar, Gagan ^a   Taneja, Amit ^a   Majumdar, Tilottama ^a   Jacobs, Elizabeth R ^a   Whittle, Jeff ^a,b   Nanchal, Rahul ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

administrative data; insurance status; mortality; outcomes; severe sepsis; uninsured

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894481253     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000435667.15070.9c     Document Type: Article

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