Household Income Decline and Job Loss Among Survivors of Critical Illness: A Nationwide Cohort Study

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This study aims to quantify changes in household income and unemployment among ICU survivors following critical illness.
Nationwide retrospective cohort study using the Korean National Health Insurance Service database.
Included adult ICU survivors from January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2022, excluding those who died within 1 year or had missing data.
Analyzed income changes using generalized estimating equation models.
582,341 ICU survivors were analyzed, with 27.6% experiencing income decline and 10.4% facing catastrophic decline.
Top income quartile saw a 6.5% relative drop in mean income rank (RoM 0.935, p < 0.001).
12.3% of previously employed survivors were unemployed within one year.

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Nationwide cohort study examines income decline and unemployment in ICU survivors, highlighting critical socioeconomic impacts.

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Song et al. (2026) studied this question.

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