Salvatierra GG, et al. - In view of the fact that sepsis detection and treatment are not dependent on the presence of any technology or services that differ between tertiary and non-tertiary hospitals, researchers here compared sepsis mortality rates between tertiary and non-tertiary hospitals in Washington State. In this work, non-tertiary hospitals showed higher sepsis mortality rates compared with tertiary hospitals. A better understanding of the cause or causes for this differential is critical, because most patients who are treated for sepsis are treated outside of tertiary hospitals, and the number of patients treated for sepsis in non-tertiary hospitals seems to be increasing.