Largest study of sepsis cases among Medicare beneficiaries finds significant burden

U.S. hospitals saw a 40 percent increase in the rate of Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with sepsis over the past seven years, and in just 2018 had an estimated cost to Medicare of more than $41.5 billion according to an unprecedented study by researchers from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Sepsis is a life-threatening ["]

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