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Editorial
. 2020 Mar;48(3):424-426.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004227.

Predicting Sepsis Mortality and Costs Using Medicare Claims: A Method to the Madness

Lindsay M Busch  1 , Andre C Kalil, Sameer S Kadri
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Editorial

Predicting Sepsis Mortality and Costs Using Medicare Claims: A Method to the Madness

Lindsay M Busch et al. Crit Care Med. 2020 Mar.
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Conflict of interest statement

Copyright form disclosure: Dr. Kadri received support for article research from the National Institutes of Health. The remaining authors have disclosed that they do not have any potential conflicts of interest.

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