Septicemia was the single most expensive condition treated in U.S. hospitals in 2009, costing hospitals nearly $15.4 billion, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Septicemia is an illness caused by blood infections with bacteria such as E. coli and MRSA. Regarding this illness, AHRQ also reported the following notable figures:
• The number of hospital stays principally for septicemia more than doubled between 2000 and 2009 (337,100 admissions and 836,000 admissions, respectively).
• Complication resulting from a device, implant or graft was the most common reason for these hospitalizations, representing one of every five septicemia-related stays.
• The in-hospital death rate for septicemia was 16 percent in 2009 — more than eight times as high as for all other hospital stays.
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Septicemia is an illness caused by blood infections with bacteria such as E. coli and MRSA. Regarding this illness, AHRQ also reported the following notable figures:
• The number of hospital stays principally for septicemia more than doubled between 2000 and 2009 (337,100 admissions and 836,000 admissions, respectively).
• Complication resulting from a device, implant or graft was the most common reason for these hospitalizations, representing one of every five septicemia-related stays.
• The in-hospital death rate for septicemia was 16 percent in 2009 — more than eight times as high as for all other hospital stays.
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