Rehospitalizations Following Sepsis: Common and Costly.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Although recent studies have shown that 30-day readmissions following sepsis are common, the overall fiscal impact of these rehospitalizations and their variability between hospitals relative to other high-risk conditions, such as congestive heart failure and acute myocardial infarction, are unknown. The objectives of this study were to characterize the frequency, cost, patient-level risk factors, and hospital-level variation in 30-day readmissions following sepsis compared with congestive heart failure and acute myocardial infarction.

Design

A retrospective cohort analysis of hospitalizations from 2009 to 2011.

Setting

All acute care, nonfederal hospitals in California.

Patients

Hospitalizations for sepsis (n = 240,198), congestive heart failure (n =

SUBMITTER: Chang DW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5044864 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature