Sepsis survivors have greater healthcare use than those surviving hospitalizations for other reasons, yet factors associated with greater healthcare use in this population remain ill-defined. Rural Americans are older, have more chronic illnesses, and face unique barriers to healthcare access, which could affect postsepsis healthcare use. Therefore, we compared healthcare use and expenditures among rural and urban sepsis survivors. We hypothesized that rural survivors would have greater healthcare use and expenditures.

中文翻译：

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农村脓毒症住院幸存者的医疗保健使用和支出。


脓毒症幸存者比因其他原因住院的幸存者有更多的医疗保健使用，但与该人群中更多地使用医疗保健相关的因素仍然不明确。美国农村人年龄较大，患有更多的慢性病，并且在获得医疗保健方面面临独特的障碍，这可能会影响脓毒症后医疗保健的使用。因此，我们比较了农村和城市脓毒症幸存者的医疗保健使用和支出。我们假设农村幸存者将有更多的医疗保健使用和支出。