Editing Sepsis (section)

=== Economics ===
Sepsis was the most expensive condition treated in United States' hospital stays in 2013, at an aggregate cost of $23.6 billion for nearly 1.3 million hospitalizations.<ref name=Torio2006/> Costs for sepsis hospital stays more than quadrupled since 1997 with an 11.5 percent annual increase.<ref name=Pfuntner2013/> By payer, it was the most costly condition billed to Medicare and the uninsured, the second-most costly billed to [[Medicaid]], and the fourth-most costly billed to [[health insurance in the United States|private insurance]].<ref name=Torio2006/>