Impact of hospital admissions for pneumonia in a tertiary Spanish hospital

Authors
Bayas, JM Vilella, A San-Martin, M Gonzalez, A Conesa, A Asenjo, MA
Citation
Jm. Bayas et al., Impact of hospital admissions for pneumonia in a tertiary Spanish hospital, MED CLIN, 116(18), 2001, pp. 694-695
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine
Journal title
MEDICINA CLINICA
ISSN journal
00257753 → ACNP
Volume
116
Issue
18
Year of publication
2001
Pages
694 - 695
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-7753(20010519)116:18<694:IOHAFP>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Impact of hospital admissions for pneumonia during 1998 in the Hospital Clinic, Barcelona. PATIENTS AND METHOD: Retrospective information on the hospitalizations for pneumonia was collected. RESULTS: During 1998 a total of 626 adult were admitted with a hospital dia gnosis of pneumonia (72% were greater than or equal to 65 years). The avera ge length of stay was 10 days. Half of these patients were previously hospi talized during the preceding 5 years. CONCLUSIONS: Hospital admissions due to pneumonia (17 cases per 1.000 hospi talizations) accounted for an estimated cost of 2.3% of the cost of all the hospitalized patients.