Table 1.
Study Hospitals Characteristics and Case Counts of Suspected Infection, Organ Dysfunction, and Sepsis
| Hospital Characteristic | Distribution Among Study Hospitals (N=193) |
|---|---|
| Regiona | |
| Northeast (N, %) | 25 (13.1%) |
| Midwest | 14 (7.3%) |
| South | 118 (61.8%) |
| West | 34 (17.8%) |
| Teaching Status | |
| Teaching | 64 (33.2%) |
| Nonteaching | 129 (66.8%) |
| Number of Hospital Bedsb | |
| <200 (Small) | 73 (38.8%) |
| 200-499 (Medium) | 98 (52.1%) |
| 500+ (Large) | 17 (9.0%) |
| Hospital Case Counts for Adult Hospitalizations, 2013-2014 | |
| All Inpatient Encounters (Median, IQR) | 19,768 (9,933-29,893) |
| Suspected Infectionc (Median, IQR) | 5,164 (2,804-8,021) |
| Suspected Infectionc + Acute Kidney Injury codes (Median, IQR)d | 1,291 (675-2,040) |
| Suspected Infectionc + Acute Liver Injury codes (Median, IQR) d | 64.5 (32-104) |
| Suspected Infectionc + Thrombocytopenia codes (Median, IQR) d | 350.5 (156-573) |
| Suspected Infectionc + Hypotension / shock codes (Median, IQR) d | 426 (149-911) |
| Implicit Sepsis Codes (Median, IQR) | 2,284 (1,119-3,602) |
| Explicit Sepsis Codes (Median, IQR) | 518 (258-823) |
| Sepsis Clinical Surveillance Definition (Median, IQR) | 1,066 (521-1,886) |
a
Data on region was missing in 22 hospitals (1.0%).
b
Data on hospital beds was missing in 5 hospitals (2.5%).
c
Suspected infection refers to hospital encounters with ≥1 blood culture order.
d
Analyses of suspected infection + organ dysfunction codes were conducted in 178 hospitals; all other analyses were conducted in all 193 hospitals.