Table 3.

Incidence of sepsis and outcome in private and public hospitals

Parameter	Private hospital	Public hospitals	P
Age, years	73.6 (58.5–81.5)	60.9 (44.7–72.2)	<0.0005
APACHE II score	16 (11–21)	17 (12–22)	0.162
First-day SOFA score	3 (1–5)	6 (3–8.5)	<0.0005
Severe sepsis rate,%	15.3	35	<0.05
Septic shock rate,%	11.7	30.7	<0.05
Overall mortality rate,%	12.5	29.0	<0.05
Severe sepsis mortality rate,%	32.7	51.6	<0.05
Septic shock mortality rate,%	33.3	57.1	<0.05

APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; SOFA, sequential organ failure assessment. Figures in parentheses are interquartile ranges.