Home-to-hospital distance and outcomes among community-acquired sepsis hospitalizations

To examine the hypothesis that longer distance from home-to-hospital is associated with worse outcomes among hospitalizations for community-acquired sepsis. A secondary analysis of data from the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) prospective cohort of 30,239 white and...

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Published in:Annals of epidemiology 2022-08, Vol.72, p.26-31
Main Authors: Detelich, Joshua F., Kyaw, Nang Thu, Judd, Suzanne E., Bennett, Aleena, Wang, Henry E., Kramer, Michael R., Waller, Lance A., Martin, Greg S., Kempker, Jordan A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Distance to hospital
Hospital Mortality
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Humans
Outcomes
Prospective Studies
Regards
Retrospective Studies
Sepsis
Sepsis - epidemiology
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Summary:To examine the hypothesis that longer distance from home-to-hospital is associated with worse outcomes among hospitalizations for community-acquired sepsis. A secondary analysis of data from the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) prospective cohort of 30,239 white and Black US adults greater than or equal to 45 years old was conducted. Self-reported hospitalizations for serious infection between 2003 and 2012 fulfilling 2/4 systemic inflammatory response syndrome criteria were included. Estimated driving distance was derived from geocoded data and evaluated continuously and as quartiles of very close, close, far, very far (11.5 miles respectively). The primary outcome was 30-day mortality while the secondary outcome was sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score on arrival. Of the 912 hospitalizations for community-acquired sepsis had adequate data for analysis. The median (interquartile range) estimated driving distance was 5.8 miles (3.1,11.7), and 54 (5.9%) experienced the primary outcome. Compared to living very close, participants living very far had a mortality odds ratio of 1.30 (95% CI 0.64,2.62) and presenting SOFA score difference of 0.33 (95% CI -0.03,0.68). Among a national sample of community-acquired sepsis hospitalizations, there was no significant association between home-to-hospital distance and either 30-day mortality or SOFA score on hospital presentation.
ISSN:1047-2797
1873-2585
DOI:10.1016/j.annepidem.2022.05.001