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We compared maternal and neonatal characteristics, pathogen distribution, treatment and neonatal outcomes among 3 different medical setting models in this retrospective cohort.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>We identified 757 episodes of culture-proven sepsis in 757 neonates. The predominant pathogens were coagulase-negative staphylococci, <jats:italic>Klebsiella pneumoniae<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Escherichia coli<\/jats:italic> and Group B streptococci. A total of 683 neonates with detailed information were involved in further comparison; 54.6% were from the national general hospital, 35.9% were from the maternal and child health care hospital, and 9.5% were from the regional general hospital. Neonates in national and regional general hospitals had significantly lower gestational age and birthweight (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001). Patterns of pathogen distribution were different among these medical setting models. Early-onset sepsis was more common in maternal and child health care hospitals (61.4% vs. 42.1% vs. 46.7%, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001), while hospital-acquired late-onset sepsis was more common in national and regional general hospitals (32.7% vs. 33.3% vs. 11.4%, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001). The proportion of complications or comorbidities of neonates in maternal and child health care hospitals were significantly lower than neonates in national and regional general hospitals (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001). The case fatality rate was significantly higher in regional general hospitals (10.8% vs. 3.2% vs. 0.8%, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.001).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>We report distinct patterns of clinical characteristics, pathogens and outcomes in patient subgroups with neonatal sepsis from national general hospital, maternal and child health care hospital and regional general hospital. 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