Association between sepsis incidence and regional socioeconomic deprivation and health care capacity in Germany - an ecological study
Association between sepsis incidence and regional socioeconomic deprivation and health care capacity in Germany - an ecological study (BMC).
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-related Groups (DRG) statistics
data of 2016.
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Conclusions
Residence in districts with lower socioeconomic status (e.g., less education)
and further distance to pharmacies are both associated with an increased sepsis
incidence. This warrants further research with individual-level patient data to
better model and understand such dependencies and to ultimately design public
health interventions to address the burden of sepsis in Germany.
Quelle: BMC, 07.09.2021
