Table 3.
Characteristics of hospital stays with sepsis, France 2015–2019
| Variables | 2015 (n=222 232) |
2016 (n=236 314) |
2017 (n=245 780) |
2018 (n=258 608) |
2019 (n=261 499) |
| Admission source, n (%) | |||||
| Home | 194 616 (87.6) | 202 500 (85.7) | 210 221 (85.5) | 221 543 (85.7) | 223 879 (85.6) |
| Acute care* | 22 651 (10.2) | 28 743 (12.2) | 30 312 (12.3) | 31 483 (12.2) | 32 093 (12.3) |
| Long-term care† | 4965 (2.2) | 5071 (2.2) | 5247 (2.1) | 5582 (2.2) | 5527 (2.1) |
| Length of stay (days), n (%) | |||||
| <7 | 53 135 (23.9) | 58 561 (24.8) | 61 192 (24.9) | 68 677 (24.6) | 69 367 (24.9) |
| 7–14 | 65 184 (29.3) | 70 842 (30.0) | 75 365 (30.7) | 89 195 (32.0) | 89 297 (32.0) |
| 15–30 | 62 373 (28.1) | 65 549 (27.7) | 67 988 (27.7) | 78 123 (28.0) | 77 442 (27.8) |
| >30 | 41 540 (18.7) | 41 362 (17.5) | 41 235 (16.8) | 43 187 (15.4) | 42 771 (15.3) |
| Length of stay, median (P10–P90) | 13 (3–43) | 13 (3–41) | 13 (3–41) | 13 (3–40) | 12 (3–39) |
| Septic shock‡, n (%) | |||||
| Yes | 50 145 (22.6) | 49 948 (21.1) | 51 964 (21.1) | 53 635 (20.7) | 54 145 (20.7) |
| No | 172 087 (77.4) | 186 366 (78.9) | 193 816 (78.9) | 204 973 (79.3) | 207 354 (79.3) |
| ICU admission§, n (%) | |||||
| Yes | 130 587 (58.8) | 134 181 (56.8) | 137 025 (55.8) | 142 001 (54.9) | 141 685 (54.2) |
| No | 91 645 (41.2) | 102 133 (43.2) | 108 755 (44.3) | 116 607 (45.1) | 119 814 (45.8) |
| Hospital discharge, n (%) | |||||
| Home | 106 133 (47.8) | 113 812 (48.2) | 119 069 (48.5) | 127 894 (49.5) | 130 250 (49.8) |
| Acute care* | 25 992 (11.7) | 29 436 (12.5) | 30 904 (12.6) | 31 329 (12.1) | 30 784 (11.8) |
| Long-term care† | 33 035 (14.9) | 34 958 (14.8) | 36 198 (14.7) | 38 010 (14.7) | 38 891 (14.9) |
| Death | 57 072 (25.7) | 58 108 (24.6) | 59 609 (24.3) | 61 375 (23.7) | 61 574 (23.6) |
*Acute care unit in medicine, surgery or obstetrics or psychiatry unit.
†Follow-up and rehabilitation care unit, long-term care unit or home care.
‡10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) codes R57.2 and R57.8 as the primary diagnosis, related diagnosis or significant associated diagnosis.
§Including implicit sepsis for which ICU admission is part of the selection criteria.
ICU, intensive care unit.