Epidemiology and costs of sepsis in the United States-an analysis based on timing of diagnosis and severity level

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2018, Pages 1889-1897

  Paoli, Carly J ^a   Reynolds, Mark A ^a   Sinha, Meenal ^b   Gitlin, Matthew ^c   Crouser, Elliott ^d  

^a BECKMAN COULTER INC   (United States)

^b Premier Inc   (United States)

^c Health Economics and Outcomes Research   (United States)

^d THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Epidemiology; Incidence; Mortality; Sepsis; Shock

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING; AGED; ANONYMISED DATA; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE BURDEN; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY RATE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WARD; ADULT; COMORBIDITY; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME TO TREATMENT; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORES; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85056577940     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000003342     Document Type: Article

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