Table 2.
Discharge Outcomes of Patients With Severe Sepsis
| Outcome Measures | All Patients With Severe Sepsis Criteria |
Patients With 995.92 Code |
Patients Without 995.92 Code |
P Valuea |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 5,631 | n = 1,847 (32.8%) | n = 3,784 (67.2%) | ||
| Mortality, % | 204 (3.62) | 117 (6.33) | 87 (2.30) | < .001 |
| Hospital length of stay, mean ± SD, d | 7.63 ± 7.76 | 9.14 ± 9.35 | 6.89 ± 6.73 | < .001 |
| 7.63 ± 7.77b | 9.21 ± 9.42b | 6.89 ± 6.73b | ||
| ICU length of stay, mean ± SD, d | 3.71 ± 4.07 | 3.92 ± 4.32 | 3.50 ± 3.80 | .04 |
| 3.73 ± 4.15b | 3.97 ± 4.45b | 3.50 ± 3.85b | .02 | |
| ICU admission rate, No. (%) | 1,679 (29.8) | 826 (44.7) | 853 (22.5) | < .001 |
| 30-d readmission rate, No. (%) | 1,352 (24.0) | 397 (21.5) | 955 (25.2) | .02 |
| Discharge location, No. (%) | ||||
| Home | 2,771 (49.2) | 805 (43.6) | 1,966 (52.0) | < .001 |
| Home, with home health services | 1,151 (20.4) | 414 (22.4) | 737 (19.5) | .01 |
| Rehabilitation facility | 129 (2.29) | 42 (2.27) | 87 (2.30) | 1.00 |
| Acute nursing care | 855 (15.2) | 269 (14.6) | 586 (15.5) | .38 |
| Long-term care | 109 (1.94) | 46 (2.49) | 63 (1.66) | .04 |
| Hospice | 281 (5.00) | 113 (6.12) | 168 (4.44) | < .001 |
a
All P values < .001 were rounded and reported as P < .001.
b
Values account for those who died during hospitalization by removing them from this analysis.