Use of healthcare before and after sepsis in Sweden: a case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to compare readmissions and death between sepsis and non-sepsis hospitalisations the first year after discharge, and to investigate what diagnoses patients with sepsis present with at readmission. The aim was also to evaluate to what degree patients hospitalised for sepsis seek medical attention prior to hospitalisation.

Design

Retrospective case-control study with data validated through clinical chart review. A disproportionate stratified sampling model was used to include a relatively larger number of sepsis hospitalisations.

Setting

All eight public hospitals in region Scania, Sweden (1 January to 3 December 2019).

Participants

There were 447 patients hospitalised for sepsis (cases), and 541 hospitalised for other causes

SUBMITTER: Dahlberg J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9944643 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature