Impact of HIV/AIDS on care and outcomes of severe sepsis

Table 2 Impact of HIV infection on length of stay and total cost of admission for patients with severe sepsis

Outcome	Impact of HIV/AIDS	P value	Adjusted impact of HIV/AIDS	P value
Length of stay (days)	-0.8	0.0669	-0.9^a	0.0516
Hospitalization cost ($)	-6,155	<0.0001	-2,706^b	<0.0001

^aAdjusted for mortality, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, age, gender, comorbidities, race, infection site, payer, failing organ systems, presence of opportunistic infection, and hospital teaching status (adjusted R² = 0.11). ^bAdjusted for mortality, ICU admission, length of stay, age, gender, comorbidities, race, infection site, payer, failing organ systems, presence of opportunistic infection, and hospital teaching status (adjusted R² = 0.64).

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