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Patient Outcomes and Cost-Effectiveness of a Sepsis Care Quality Improvement Program in a Health System.

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Majid Afshar¹, Majid Afshar², Erum Arain², Chen Ye², Emily R. Gilbert², Meng Xie¹, Josh Lee², Matthew M. Churpek³, Ramon Durazo-Arvizu¹, Talar Markossian¹, Cara Joyce¹ - Show less +7 more•Institutions (3)

Loyola University Chicago¹, Loyola University Medical Center², University of Chicago³

01 Oct 2019-Critical Care Medicine

TL;DR: The health system's program designed to adhere to the sepsis bundle metrics led to decreased mortality and length of stay in a cost-effective manner in a much larger catchment than just the cohort meeting the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services measures.

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Abstract: Objectives:Assess patient outcomes in patients with suspected infection and the cost-effectiveness of implementing a quality improvement program.Design, Setting, and Participants:We conducted an observational single-center study of 13,877 adults with suspected infection between March 1, 2014, and Ju

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