The effect of hospital volume on mortality in patients admitted with severe sepsis.

The association between hospital volume and inpatient mortality for severe sepsis is unclear.To assess the effect of severe sepsis case volume and inpatient mortality.Retrospective cohort study from 646,988 patient discharges with severe sepsis from 3,487 hospitals in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample...

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Main Authors: Sajid Shahul, Michele R Hacker, Victor Novack, Ariel Mueller, Shahzad Shaefi, Bilal Mahmood, Syed Haider Ali, Daniel Talmor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4181313?pdf=render