The Return on Investment of a Province-Wide Quality Improvement Initiative for Reducing In-Hospital Sepsis Rates and Mortality in British Columbia, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Sepsis is a life-threatening medical emergency. There is a paucity of information on whether quality improvement approaches reduce the in-hospital sepsis caseload or save lives and decrease the healthcare system and society's cost at the provincial/national levels. This study aimed to assess the outcomes and economic impact of a province-wide quality improvement initiative in Canada.

Design

Retrospective population-based study with interrupted time series and return on investment analyses.

Setting

The sepsis cases and deaths averted over time for British Columbia were calculated and compared with the rest of Canada (excluding Quebec and three territories).

Patients

Aggregate data were obtained from the Canadian Institute for Health Information on ris

SUBMITTER: Khowaja AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8923363 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature