Avoidable intensive care unit resource use and costs of unvaccinated patients with COVID-19: a historical population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

SARS-CoV-2 vaccines have been proven effective at preventing poor outcomes from COVID-19; however, voluntary vaccination rates have been suboptimal. We assessed the potential avoidable intensive care unit (ICU) resource use and associated costs had unvaccinated or partially vaccinated patients hospitalized with COVID-19 been fully vaccinated.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective, population-based cohort study of persons aged 12 yr or greater in Alberta (2021 population ~ 4.4 million) admitted to any ICU with COVID-19 from 6 September 2021 to 4 January 2022. We used publicly available aggregate data on COVID-19 infections, vaccination status, and health services use. Intensive care unit admissions, bed-days, lengths of stay, and costs were estimated for patients with

SUBMITTER: Bagshaw SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9313940 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature