COVID-19 Hospital Mortality Among Patients with Invasive Mechanical Ventilation: A Comparison Between Public and Private Healthcare Services in San Luis Potosí 2020–2022

Authors

María E. Torres-Acosta, Medicine School, Cuauhtémoc University, San Luis PotosíFollow
Rocío M. Cubos-Moncada, School of Health Sciences, México’s Valley University, San Luis PotosíFollow
Alan Y. Martínez-Castellanos (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5392-9169), Medicine School, Universidad Cuauhtémoc San Luis PotosiFollow

Funder

The author(s) received no specific funding for this work

Abstract

Background: During 2019, México’s total public spending on health was 5.43% of the national gross domestic product, making it one of the countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development that invested the least in developing public health systems. This study analyzes hospital mortality among intubated patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 according to type of institution in San Luis Potosí, México, from March 18, 2020, to April 7, 2022.

Methods: This is a secondary data analysis of publicly available information about mortality among intubated patients with a laboratory-confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 with respect to the type of hospitalization institution.

Results: Multivariate logistic regression models showed that patients admitted to public healthcare institutions had 2.4 times the risk of death compared to those admitted to private healthcare institutions.

Conclusion: In public sector institutions, COVID-19 mortality among intubated patients was moderately higher. Further studies are needed to clarify whether or not factors such as decreased availability of infrastructure (such as ventilators, intensive care unit beds, and oxygen reserves), decreased human resources, and high demand for public health services might account for the observed mortality differences.

DOI

10.55504/2473-2869.1271

ORCID

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5392-9169

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Torres-Acosta, María E.; Cubos-Moncada, Rocío M.; and Martínez-Castellanos, Alan Y. (2024) "COVID-19 Hospital Mortality Among Patients with Invasive Mechanical Ventilation: A Comparison Between Public and Private Healthcare Services in San Luis Potosí 2020–2022," The University of Louisville Journal of Respiratory Infections: Vol. 8 : Iss. 1 , Article 1.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.55504/2473-2869.1271
Available at: https://ir.library.louisville.edu/jri/vol8/iss1/1