Table 5.

Discharge disposition following hospital readmission, by sepsis status at index admission

Discharge disposition, n (%)*†	Nonsepsis, (n = 16,761)	Sepsis, (n = 948)
Home	7,023 (41.9)	303 (32.0)
Home health services	5,769 (34.4)	269 (28.4)
Skilled care facility‡	2,698 (16.1)	241 (25.4)
Other‡	251 (1.5)	9 (1.0)
Hospice	584 (3.5)	63 (6.6)
Died	436 (2.6)	63 (6.6)

^*P < 0.001 for comparison across groups.

^†Disposition was missing in 200 readmissions (1.1%).

^‡Skilled care facility includes home with home health services, acute rehabilitation, skilled nursing facility, and long-term acute care hospital. Other includes patients who left against medical advice and those discharged to an acute care hospital or other facility (e.g., psychiatric facility).