Care pathways of sepsis survivors: sequelae, mortality and use of healthcare services in France, 2015-2018.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe study, analysis and data extraction were approved by the French Data Protection Agency (CNIL, approval DE-2016–176). All methods were performed in accordance with CNIL regulations and with STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) guideline. Informed consent is waived for the use of these anonymized secondary data, as mentioned in the Social Security Code, Article L161–28-1. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests."

"Funding This work was supported by award RMA19183LLA from the French Ministry of Social Affairs and Health."