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Important Statistics on Sepsis
Supporting the Survivors of Sepsis
PSQH
Sepsis is the number one driver of hospital costs in the United States and according to the CDC accounts for more than one-third of hospital deaths and more than $24 billion in hospital expenses. Sepsis is the most expensive all-payer condition in the United States. Sepsis is prevalent in U.S. hospitals for a variety of reasons from the fact that it’s not always easy to identify sepsis before it becomes life-threatening to the high number of seniors living in the U.S. with multiple comorbidities such as heart disease and kidney failure. One recent study indicated that sepsis is associated with one in five deaths globally, twice the amount that some previous estimates indicated. That’s not surprising, considering how insidious it is. The main problem is that sepsis is hard to identify because it has multiple signs. In an elderly patient, sepsis could originate from an untreated or undertreated UTI. In a pregnant woman, it could manifest from the flu. In a child, it could escalate from a skin infection.
For more information on reducing infections, contact our MAPS PSO at MAPSHelp@team-iha.org.
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