Association Between State-Mandated Protocolized Sepsis Care and In-hospital Mortality Among Adults With Sepsis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Beginning in 2013, New York State implemented regulations mandating that hospitals implement evidence-based protocols for sepsis management, as well as report data on protocol adherence and clinical outcomes to the state government. The association between these mandates and sepsis outcomes is unknown.

Objective

To evaluate the association between New York State sepsis regulations and the outcomes of patients hospitalized with sepsis.

Design, setting, and participants

Retrospective cohort study of adult patients hospitalized with sepsis in New York State and in 4 control states (Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, and New Jersey) using all-payer hospital discharge data (January 1, 2011-September 30, 2015) and a comparative interrupted time series analytic app

SUBMITTER: Kahn JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6635905 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature