Patient and hospital characteristics associated with inpatient severe sepsis mortality in California, 2005-2010.

Objectives: The primary objective of this study was to identify which patient demographic, patient health, and hospital characteristics were associated with in-hospital mortality. A secondary objective was to determine the relative influence of these characteristics on mortality.

Design And Setting: Public-use data for 2005-2010 were used in this retrospective, cross-sectional analysis of discharges from nonfederal, general acute hospitals in California.