SenorBeef t1_ix7c29q wrote on November 21, 2022 at 8:15 AM Reply to Indigenous people are less likely to survive the year after an ICU admission. 12 months after being admitted to intensive care, an Indigenous person is more likely to have died than a non-Indigenous person, according to Australian research. by MistWeaver80 Could it be that access to hospitals is harder for them, so they only admit themselves when things are more serious than average (and therefore more likely to be fatal later)? Seems like a ton of confounds here. Permalink 2
SenorBeef t1_ix7c29q wrote
Reply to Indigenous people are less likely to survive the year after an ICU admission. 12 months after being admitted to intensive care, an Indigenous person is more likely to have died than a non-Indigenous person, according to Australian research. by MistWeaver80
Could it be that access to hospitals is harder for them, so they only admit themselves when things are more serious than average (and therefore more likely to be fatal later)? Seems like a ton of confounds here.