Association between sepsis incidence and regional socioeconomic deprivation and health care capacity in Germany - an ecological study

• Main Authors: Norman Rose (Author), Claudia Matthäus-Krämer (Author), Daniel Schwarzkopf (Author), André Scherag (Author), Sebastian Born (Author), Konrad Reinhart (Author), Carolin Fleischmann-Struzek (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Sepsis is a substantial health care burden. Data on regional variation in sepsis incidence in Germany and any possible associations with regional socioeconomic deprivation and health care capacity is lacking. Methods Ecological study based on the nationwide hospital Diagnosis-rel...