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Inpatient Resource Use, by Race and Survivor Status, 1989–1999
| Decedents | Survivors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonblack (N = 887,787) | Black (N = 88,433) | p-value | Nonblack (N = 781,980) | Black (N = 63,326) | p-value | |
| Annual resource use | ||||||
| One or more ICU admission, % | 47.4 | 49.3 | <.0001 | 32.4 | 31.2 | <.0001 |
| Intensive procedure, % | 42.8 | 49.6 | <.0001 | 44.2 | 36.6 | <.0001 |
| Terminal admission resource use | ||||||
| ICU admission, % | 40.6 | 41.9 | <.0001 | – | – | – |
| Intensive procedure, % | 31.1 | 37.7 | <.0001 | – | – | – |
