The high cost of major infections and sepsis in NZ

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New Zealand

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Sepsis is life-threatening organ failure that happens as a complication of infection, and is a leading cause of healthcare spending. Researchers analysed New Zealand data from 2016 and found that almost a quarter of all hospital discharges that year were linked to major infection that had the potential to cause sepsis. These cases of major infection translated to almost 1,000,000 hospital bed days, and over $1,000,000,000 in hospital reimbursement in 2016 alone.