Proportion and Cost of Unplanned 30-Day Readmissions After Sepsis Compared With Other Medical Conditions

Authors: Florian Mayr, Victor B. Talisa, V. Balakumar, Chung‐Chou H. Chang, Michael J. Fine, Sachin Yende - JAMA 2017 cited by 144

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.