Risk of health morbidity for the uninsured: 10-year evidence from a large hospital center in Boston, Massachusetts

Objective To investigate the independent contribution of insurance status toward the risk of diagnosis of specific clinical comorbidities for individuals admitted to intensive care unit (ICU). Design Retrospective analysis of secondary database. Setting Ten years of public de-identified ICU electronic medical records from a large hospital in USA. Participants Patients (18–65 years old) who had private insurance or no insurance were extracted...