Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Hospitalizations: Racial Disparity in Outcomes of Patients with Comorbidities

Background: Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) outcomes are dependent on leukemia-specific factors, such as cytogenetics and patient-specific factors, such as age and performance status. Racial and socioeconomic disparities have become apparent with self-reported African American race associated with poor survival in AML pts < 60 years (y) of age. We analyzed in-hospital death among AML-related hospitalizations and evaluated differences in sociodemographic characteristics, focusing on the effect of age and race. Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (HCUP-NIS), the largest all‐payer database of hospital admissions in the United States, from January 1 st, 2009 through December 31 st, 2018. The study sample consisted of AML-associated hospitalizations of patients aged 18 years of age and older, identified on the basis of the presence of any ICD-9 and 10 codes indicative of AML We categorized patients' ages in groups of