California Inpatient Severe Sepsis

The datasets include severe sepsis information on 1) the number of severe sepsis cases, percent of hospital-acquired and non-hospital-acquired severe sepsis cases, and the percent of in-hospital severe sepsis deaths; 2) the average length of stay for severe sepsis hospitalizations, the respective median charge per day, and the expected payer for severe sepsis hospitalizations; 3) the severe sepsis patients who were alive at discharge and died within 30 days of discharge; and 4) the hospital-acquired severe sepsis in different type of hospitals (hospital size, location, teaching, and ownership). ICD-9-CM codes were used for data before October 1, 2015, and ICD-10-CM codes were used for data on or after October 1, 2015.

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field Value
Contact Email [email protected]
Program Department of Health Care Access and Information, Healthcare Analytics Branch
Homepage URL https://hcai.ca.gov/visualizations/
Temporal Coverage

2010 - present

Spatial/Geographic Coverage

Statewide

Geographic Granularity Statewide
Language English (EN)
Frequency Annually
Source Link https://hcai.ca.gov/data-and-reports/healthcare-utilization/ or https://hcai.ca.gov/visualizations/
Data Collection Tool

https://hcai.ca.gov/data-and-reports/submit-data/

License Terms of Use
Limitations Use of this data is subject to the CHHS Terms of Use and any copyright and proprietary notices incorporated in or accompanying the individual files.
Additional Information

These data provide useful information about statewide healthcare quality

Related Resources

https://www.cdc.gov/sepsis/

Citation

HCAI Patient Discharge Data

Last Updated December 8, 2023, 00:06 (UTC)