Figure 3. Changes in Mortality in Patients With Sepsis as a Function of the Weekly Hospital COVID-19 Burden.

The model was adjusted for patient demographic characteristics, payer status, site of origin, frailty, COVID-19 diagnosis, dialysis, prior procedures, comorbidities, hospital characteristics, and time trends. The unadjusted model was adjusted for patient demographic characteristics, payer status, site of origin, and time trends. The hospital COVID-19 odds ratios (ORs) quantify the association between the outcome and the hospital COVID-19 burden for White individuals. The interaction term COVID19 × Black odds ratios quantifies the additional effect observed with the hospital COVID-19 burden for Black individuals compared with White individuals. The other interaction terms are interpreted in a similar fashion. AOR indicates adjusted OR.