Do sepsis hospitalizations account for a higher proportion and cost of unplanned 30-day readmissions compared to hospitalizations for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and pneumonia?
This study uses data from a US readmissions database to assess whether sepsis hospitalizations account for a higher proportion of unplanned 30-day readmissions than hospitalizations for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and pneumonia.
Mayr et al. (Mon,) studied this question.