Emi Minejima1,2, Joshua Wang1, Stormmy Boettcher1, Lihua Liu3, Mimi Lou1, Rosemary C She4, Suzanne L Wenzel5, Brad Spellberg2, Annie Wong-Beringer1,6. 1. Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Southern California School of Pharmacy, Los Angeles, CA, USA. 2. Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA. 3. Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. 4. Department of Pathology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. 5. Department of Adults and Healthy Aging, University of Southern California School of Social Work, Los Angeles, CA, USA. 6. Department of Pharmacy, Huntington Hospital, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Bacteremia is the presence of bacteria in the bloodstream. The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between low socioeconomic status (SES) and the epidemiology, process of care, and outcomes of patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB). METHODS: We conducted a multicenter, retrospective, cohort study that evaluated adult patients with SAB in 3 Los Angeles County hospitals from July 15, 2012, through May 31, 2018. We determined SES (low SES, intermediate SES, and high SES) for each patient and compared sociodemographic and epidemiologic characteristics, management of care received by patients with SAB (ie, process of care), and outcomes. We used a Cox proportional hazards model to determine predictors of 30-day mortality for each SES group. RESULTS: Of 915 patients included in the sample, 369 (40%) were in the low-SES group, 294 (32%) in the intermediate-SES group, and 252 (28%) in the high-SES group. Most significant predictors of 30-day mortality in the Cox proportional hazards model were admission to an intensive care unit (hazard ratio [HR] = 9.04; 95% CI, 4.26-19.14), Pitt bacteremia score ≥4 indicating critical illness (HR = 4.30; 95% CI, 2.49-7.44), having ≥3 comorbidities (HR = 2.05; 95% CI, 1.09-3.85), and advanced age (HR = 1.03; 95% CI, 1.01-1.05). Distance between home and admitting hospital affected mortality only in the low-SES group (HR = 1.02; 95% CI, 1.00-1.02). CONCLUSIONS: SES did not independently affect the outcome of SAB; however, the farther the patient's residence from the hospital, the greater the negative effect on survival in a low-SES population. Our findings underscore the need to develop multipronged, targeted public health efforts for populations that have transportation barriers to health care.
OBJECTIVE: Bacteremia is the presence of bacteria in the bloodstream. The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between low socioeconomic status (SES) and the epidemiology, process of care, and outcomes of patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB). METHODS: We conducted a multicenter, retrospective, cohort study that evaluated adult patients with SAB in 3 Los Angeles County hospitals from July 15, 2012, through May 31, 2018. We determined SES (low SES, intermediate SES, and high SES) for each patient and compared sociodemographic and epidemiologic characteristics, management of care received by patients with SAB (ie, process of care), and outcomes. We used a Cox proportional hazards model to determine predictors of 30-day mortality for each SES group. RESULTS: Of 915 patients included in the sample, 369 (40%) were in the low-SES group, 294 (32%) in the intermediate-SES group, and 252 (28%) in the high-SES group. Most significant predictors of 30-day mortality in the Cox proportional hazards model were admission to an intensive care unit (hazard ratio [HR] = 9.04; 95% CI, 4.26-19.14), Pitt bacteremia score ≥4 indicating critical illness (HR = 4.30; 95% CI, 2.49-7.44), having ≥3 comorbidities (HR = 2.05; 95% CI, 1.09-3.85), and advanced age (HR = 1.03; 95% CI, 1.01-1.05). Distance between home and admitting hospital affected mortality only in the low-SES group (HR = 1.02; 95% CI, 1.00-1.02). CONCLUSIONS: SES did not independently affect the outcome of SAB; however, the farther the patient's residence from the hospital, the greater the negative effect on survival in a low-SES population. Our findings underscore the need to develop multipronged, targeted public health efforts for populations that have transportation barriers to health care.
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Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia; access to care; medically underserved; mortality; socioeconomic status
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