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DENVER—Severe sepsis is a significant cause of rehospitalization, along the lines of more commonly discussed conditions such as heart failure and pneumonia, according to research presented at the 2015 American Thoracic Society International Conference.
“Severe sepsis continues to be a common cause of hospitalization and has the associated high costs,” said Darya Rudym, MD, of New York University School of Medicine in New York.
She presented this finding at the meeting as publication number A3699.
Some quality measures associated with sepsis, such as length of hospital stay, have been studied previously. But Dr Rudym and her colleagues wanted to look at the rate of readmission within 30 days after discharge among patients with a diagnosis of severe sepsis.
The researchers also wanted to compare this rate to the readmission rates for outcomes reported by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, such as acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia.
The team examined inpatient discharges from Bellevue Hospital in New York City between July 2011 and July 2014 and identified subsequent readmissions to the hospital within 30 days.
During the 3-year study period, there were 22,712 discharges and an overall readmission rate of 15.31%, or 3477 patients.
The researchers used 3 different methods to identify patients with severe sepsis: Angus implementation, Martin implementation, and explicit ICD-9-CM sepsis codes.
There were 1801 cases of severe sepsis according to Angus implementation, 798 cases according to Martin implementation, and 579 cases according to ICD-9-CM sepsis codes.
In all, 266, 119, and 71 of these patients, respectively, were readmitted to the hospital within 30 days. This accounted for 14.77%, 14.91%, and 12.26% of cases, respectively.
The readmission rate for myocardial infarction was 8.67%. It was 14.46% for pneumonia, and 15% for heart failure.
“Readmission rates in severe sepsis are shown not to be significantly different from readmission rates in heart failure and pneumonia,” Dr Rudym noted. 
Photo courtesy of the CDC
DENVER—Severe sepsis is a significant cause of rehospitalization, along the lines of more commonly discussed conditions such as heart failure and pneumonia, according to research presented at the 2015 American Thoracic Society International Conference.
“Severe sepsis continues to be a common cause of hospitalization and has the associated high costs,” said Darya Rudym, MD, of New York University School of Medicine in New York.
She presented this finding at the meeting as publication number A3699.
Some quality measures associated with sepsis, such as length of hospital stay, have been studied previously. But Dr Rudym and her colleagues wanted to look at the rate of readmission within 30 days after discharge among patients with a diagnosis of severe sepsis.
The researchers also wanted to compare this rate to the readmission rates for outcomes reported by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, such as acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia.
The team examined inpatient discharges from Bellevue Hospital in New York City between July 2011 and July 2014 and identified subsequent readmissions to the hospital within 30 days.
During the 3-year study period, there were 22,712 discharges and an overall readmission rate of 15.31%, or 3477 patients.
The researchers used 3 different methods to identify patients with severe sepsis: Angus implementation, Martin implementation, and explicit ICD-9-CM sepsis codes.
There were 1801 cases of severe sepsis according to Angus implementation, 798 cases according to Martin implementation, and 579 cases according to ICD-9-CM sepsis codes.
In all, 266, 119, and 71 of these patients, respectively, were readmitted to the hospital within 30 days. This accounted for 14.77%, 14.91%, and 12.26% of cases, respectively.
The readmission rate for myocardial infarction was 8.67%. It was 14.46% for pneumonia, and 15% for heart failure.
“Readmission rates in severe sepsis are shown not to be significantly different from readmission rates in heart failure and pneumonia,” Dr Rudym noted.
Photo courtesy of the CDC
DENVER—Severe sepsis is a significant cause of rehospitalization, along the lines of more commonly discussed conditions such as heart failure and pneumonia, according to research presented at the 2015 American Thoracic Society International Conference.
“Severe sepsis continues to be a common cause of hospitalization and has the associated high costs,” said Darya Rudym, MD, of New York University School of Medicine in New York.
She presented this finding at the meeting as publication number A3699.
Some quality measures associated with sepsis, such as length of hospital stay, have been studied previously. But Dr Rudym and her colleagues wanted to look at the rate of readmission within 30 days after discharge among patients with a diagnosis of severe sepsis.
The researchers also wanted to compare this rate to the readmission rates for outcomes reported by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, such as acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia.
The team examined inpatient discharges from Bellevue Hospital in New York City between July 2011 and July 2014 and identified subsequent readmissions to the hospital within 30 days.
During the 3-year study period, there were 22,712 discharges and an overall readmission rate of 15.31%, or 3477 patients.
The researchers used 3 different methods to identify patients with severe sepsis: Angus implementation, Martin implementation, and explicit ICD-9-CM sepsis codes.
There were 1801 cases of severe sepsis according to Angus implementation, 798 cases according to Martin implementation, and 579 cases according to ICD-9-CM sepsis codes.
In all, 266, 119, and 71 of these patients, respectively, were readmitted to the hospital within 30 days. This accounted for 14.77%, 14.91%, and 12.26% of cases, respectively.
The readmission rate for myocardial infarction was 8.67%. It was 14.46% for pneumonia, and 15% for heart failure.
“Readmission rates in severe sepsis are shown not to be significantly different from readmission rates in heart failure and pneumonia,” Dr Rudym noted.