Risk-standardized sepsis mortality map of the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Sepsis is the leading cause of in-hospital mortality in the United States (US). Quality improvement initiatives for improving sepsis care depend on accurate estimates of sepsis mortality. While hospital 30-day risk-standardized mortality rates have been published for patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia, risk-standardized mortality rates for sepsis have not been well characterized. We aimed to construct a sepsis risk-standardized mortality rate map for the United States, to illustrate disparities in sepsis care across the country.

Methods

This cross-sectional study included adults from the US Nationwide Inpatient Sample who were hospitalized with sepsis between 1 January 2010 and 30 December 2011. Hospital-level risk-

SUBMITTER: Hu JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8796072 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature