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Defining sepsis mortality clusters in the United States.
The researchers aimed to identify US counties with high sepsis mortality and to assess the community characteristics associated with increased sepsis mortality. They found that sepsis mortality is higher in the southern United States and that regions of high sepsis mortality are characterized by lower education, income, employment, and insurance coverage.
AHRQ-funded; HS013852.
Citation: Moore JX, Donnelly JP, Griffin R .
Defining sepsis mortality clusters in the United States.
Crit Care Med 2016 Jul;44(7):1380-7. doi: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000001665.
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Keywords: Mortality, Sepsis, Social Determinants of Health