Chest: 5 things to know about hospital readmissions for sepsis

1. 17.5% of patients with an initial admission for sepsis had a 30-day readmission to the hospital
2. 22.86% of these readmissions were caused by sepsis
3. The median time to readmission was 11 days
4. The mean cost per sepsis readmission within 30 days of discharge was $16,852
5. The annual cost of sepsis readmissions in the U.S. is $3.5 billion

Notes: Data was derived from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project’s National Readmission Data from 2013 to 2014.
Source: "Epidemiology and Predictors of 30-Day Readmission in Patients With Sepsis," Chest, abstract only, March 2019
Source URL: https://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692(18)32895-2/f...

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