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Comparison of Trends in Sepsis Incidence and Coding Using Administrative Claims Versus Objective Clinical Data
Author(s) -
Chanu Rhee,
Michael Murphy,
L. Li,
Richard Platt,
Michael Klompas
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciu750
Subject(s) - sepsis , medicine , incidence (geometry) , bacteremia , septic shock , lactic acidosis , blood culture , diagnosis code , shock (circulatory) , fungemia , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , surgery , antibiotics , population , mycosis , physics , microbiology and biotechnology , environmental health , optics , biology
National reports of a dramatic rise in sepsis incidence are largely based on analyses of administrative databases. It is unclear if these estimates are biased by changes in coding practices over time.

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