Joanna WY. Chow MBBS , John F. Dyett MBBS , Steve Hirth MIT , Julia Hart MD , Graeme J. Duke MBBS, MD
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Abstract
Introduction
Victoria, Australia provides a centralised state ECMO service, supported by ambulance retrieval. Equity of access to this service has not been previously described.
Objective
Describe the characteristics of ECMO recipients and quantify geographical and socioeconomic influence on access.
Design
Retrospective observational study with spatial mapping.
Participants and setting
Adult (≥18 years) ECMO recipients from July 2016–June 2022. Data from administrative Victorian Admissions Episodes Database analysed in conjunction with Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network population data and choropleth mapping. Presumed ECMO modes were inferred from cardiopulmonary bypass and pre-hospital cardiac arrest codes. Spatial autoregressive models including Moran's test used for spatial lag testing.
Outcomes
Demographics and outcomes of ECMO recipients; ECMO incidence by patient residence (Statistical-Area Level 2, SA-2) and Index of Relative Socioeconomic Advantage and Disadvantage (IRSAD); and ECMO utilisation adjusted for patient factors and linear distance from the central ECMO referral site.
Results
631 adults received ECMO over 6 years, after exclusion of paediatric (n = 242), duplicate (n = 135), and interstate or incomplete (n = 72) records. Mean age was 51.8 years, and 68.8 % were male. Overall ECMO incidence was 3.00 ± 3.95 per 105 population. 135 (21.4 %) were presumed VA-ECMO, 59 (9.3 %) presumed ECPR, and 437 (69.3 %) presumed VV-ECMO. Spatial lag was non-significant after adjusting for patient characteristics. Distance from the central referral site (dy/dx = 0.19, 95% CI −0.41–0.04, p = 0.105) and IRSAD score (dy/dx = 0.17, 95% CI −0.19–0.53, p = 0.359) did not predict ECMO utilisation.
Conclusion
Victorian ECMO incidence rates were low. We did not find evidence of inequity of access to ECMO irrespective of regional area or socioeconomic status.
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