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Table 6 Unadjusted and risk-adjusted association between insurance category and sepsis-associated mortality by age strata

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

 

Unadjusted

P- value

Adjusted

P- value

18 to 64 years

Medicaid

1.24 (1.15 to 1.33)

<0.0001

1.17 (1.08 to 1.26)

<0.0001

Medicare

1.14 (1.08 to 1.22)

<0.0001

1.04 (0.97 to 1.12)

0.24

Medicaid + Medicare

1.05 (0.95 to 1.15)

0.36

1.07 (0.97 to 1.18)

0.19

Uninsured

1.28 (1.16 to 1.41)

<0.0001

1.45 (1.29 to 1.62)

<0.0001

Private insurance

Reference

Reference

65+ years

Medicaid

1.13 (0.98 to 1.31)

0.09

0.99 (0.87 to 1.13)

0.90

Medicare alone

1.00 (0.94 to 1.06)

0.91

0.92 (0.86 to 0.98)

0.0072

Medicaid + Medicare

1.05 (0.99 to 1.12)

0.12

1.06 (1.00 to 1.13)

0.07

Uninsured

1.47 (1.15 to 1.86)

0.0018

1.45 (1.12 to 1.89)

0.0048

Private insurance plus Medicare

Reference

Reference

  1. The study cohort was split into age strata based on age qualifications for Medicare. The risk-adjusting model included demographic information, categorized Charlson-Deyo score, number of dysfunctional organ systems, and sepsis-associated co-morbidities which met a priori criteria for inclusion, (see Methods for details).