Temporal Trends in Incidence, Sepsis-Related Mortality, and Hospital-Based Acute Care After Sepsis.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:A growing number of patients survive sepsis hospitalizations each year and are at high risk for readmission. However, little is known about temporal trends in hospital-based acute care (emergency department treat-and-release visits and hospital readmission) after sepsis. Our primary objective was to measure temporal trends in sepsis survivorship and hospital-based acute care use in sepsis survivors. In addition, because readmissions after pneumonia are subject to penalty under the national readmission reduction program, we examined whether readmission rates declined after sepsis hospitalizations related to pneumonia. DESIGN AND SETTING:Retrospective, observational cohort study conducted within an academic healthcare system from 2010 to 2015. PATIENTS:We used three validated, cla

SUBMITTER: Meyer N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5896750 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature