Figure 3.

Distribution of acute inpatient stays by the number of days between the most recent evaluation and management and the acute inpatient admission date. Data are summarized at the admission level (not the beneficiary level). The majority of the claims occur on the day prior to admission, suggesting that beneficiaries present themselves for care and are admitted to hospital soon thereafter. The pattern of claims is indistinguishable among patients with sepsis or not and irrespective of whether the sepsis was present on admission (POA) or not.