*Estimated annual healthcare cost for the approximately 125,000 suspected sepsis patients unnecessarily admitted to the ICU
†$44,969 weighted average cost for each septic patient, minus $9,218 weighted average DRG per septic patient
‡Compared with lab testing
§Based on the average LOS for severe sepsis, the most common sepsis DRG (comprising 70% of all sepsis cases)
¶Based on 500 bed hospital; 33.91% of patients diagnosed with sepsis in ED are admitted to ICU

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