JOURNAL ARTICLE

The Relationship Between Hospital Spending and Mortality in Patients With Sepsis

Abstract

Hospital spending and adjusted mortality rates for patients with sepsis vary substantially, but higher hospital expenditures are not associated with better survival. Efforts to enhance the value of sepsis care could be modeled on hospitals that achieve lower-than-expected mortality and costs.

Keywords:
Medicine Sepsis Mortality rate Emergency medicine Intensive care medicine Internal medicine

Metrics

60
Cited By
21.28
FWCI (Field Weighted Citation Impact)
35
Refs
0.99
Citation Normalized Percentile
Is in top 1%
Is in top 10%

Citation History

Topics

Healthcare Policy and Management
Social Sciences →  Economics, Econometrics and Finance →  Economics and Econometrics
Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
Social Sciences →  Economics, Econometrics and Finance →  Economics and Econometrics
Healthcare cost, quality, practices
Health Sciences →  Health Professions →  General Health Professions

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