Care pathways of sepsis survivors: sequelae, mortality and use of healthcare services in France, 2015–2018
Authors' conclusion
Over three years post-sepsis, different profiles of sepsis survivors were identified with different mortality rates, sequels and healthcare services usage and cost.
Study context
- Population
- Patients >15 years with bacterial sepsis who survived an incident hospitalisation in an acute care facility in France in 2015
- Exposure
- Home vs Early death vs Late death vs Short-term rehabilitation vs Long-term rehabilitation
- Outcome
- Sepsis survivor profiles based on healthcare pathways (state sequence and clustering analyses)
- Follow-up
- Year following the index hospitalization
Methodological detailslongitudinal, national hospital discharge database, state sequence and clustering analyses
- Longitudinal
- National hospital discharge database
- State sequence and clustering analyses
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Survivor profiles (clusters, % of patients)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
New impairments post-sepsis
- Medical
- 79.2%
- Psychological
- 26.9%
- Cognitive
- 18.5%
Rehospitalisation in acute care
- Survivors rehospitalised in acute care
- 65.3%
Cumulative mortality · 3 years post-sepsis
- Cumulative mortality
- 36.6%
Total medical cost · year post-sepsis
- Increase in total medical cost
- 856 million €
Original publication
Care pathways of sepsis survivors: sequelae, mortality and use of healthcare services in France, 2015–2018. Crit Care. Published 10 November 2023. doi:10.
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