The German Quality Network Sepsis: study protocol for the evaluation of a quality collaborative on decreasing sepsis-related mortality in a quasi-experimental difference-in-differences design

The German Quality Network Sepsis: study protocol for the evaluation of a quality collaborative on decreasing sepsis-related mortality in a quasi-experimental difference-in-differences design

Abstract Background While sepsis-related mortality decreased substantially in other developed countries, mortality of severe sepsis remained as high as 44% in Germany. A recent German cluster randomized trial was not able to improve guideline adherence and decrease sepsis-related mortality within th...

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Main Authors: Daniel Schwarzkopf, Hendrik Rüddel, Matthias Gründling, Christian Putensen, Konrad Reinhart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:Implementation Science
Subjects:
Sepsis
Mortality
Quality improvement
Hospitals
Risk adjustment
Administrative claims
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13012-017-0706-5

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