Incidence and Trends of Sepsis in US Hospitals Using Clinical vs Claims Data, 2009-2014.

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Estimates from claims-based analyses suggest that the incidence of sepsis is increasing and mortality rates from sepsis are decreasing. However, estimates from claims data may lack clinical fidelity and can be affected by changing diagnosis and coding practices over time.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): JAMA

Title: JAMA

Publisher: American Medical Association (AMA)

ISSN (Electronic): 1538-3598

ISSN (Print): 0098-7484

Publication date (Electronic): October 03 2017

Volume: 318

Issue: 13

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[1 ] Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.

[2 ] Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

[3 ] Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.

[4 ] Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.

[5 ] Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, and Emory Critical Care Center, Atlanta, Georgia.

[6 ] Clinical Research, Investigation and Systems Modeling of Acute illness (CRISMA) Center, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

[7 ] Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

[8 ] VA Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

[9 ] Critical Care Medicine Department, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

[10 ] Associate Editor.

[11 ] Hospital Corporation of America, Nashville, Tennessee.

[12 ] Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, Houston.

[13 ] Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri.

[14 ] Institute for Health Metrics, Burlington, Massachusetts.

Article

Publisher Item ID: 2654187

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2017.13836

PMC ID: 5710396

PubMed ID: 28903154

SO-VID: ec271d8f-ab71-4e88-9899-dba187a89af9

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