Sepsis Survivors Transitioned to Home Health Care: Characteristics and Early Readmission Risk Factors.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To profile the characteristics of growing numbers of sepsis survivors receiving home healthcare (HHC) by type of sepsis before, during, and after a sepsis hospitalization and identify characteristics significantly associated with 7-day readmission.

Design

Cross-sectional descriptive study. Data sources included the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) and Medicare administrative and claims data.

Setting and participants

National sample of Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for sepsis who were discharged to HHC between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014 (N = 165,228).

Methods

We used an indicator distinguishing among 3 types of sepsis: explicitly coded sepsis diagnosis without organ dysfunction; severe sepsis with organ dysfunction; and septic s

SUBMITTER: Bowles KH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7047643 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature