Risk factors associated with length of hospital stay and medical expenses in pulmonary abscess patients: retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pulmonary abscess carries a high mortality and requires long-term managements. A better understanding of the risk factors associated with the prolonged hospital stay and high medical expenses in these patients can improve the management strategy in individual patient and optimize the overall healthcare resources.

Methods

We performed a retrospective study and reviewed the medical records on consecutive patients hospitalized at the Department of Respiratory Medicine of the General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, Liaoning, China, between January 1, 2015, and December 31, 2020. Demographics, comorbidity, clinical symptoms, laboratory tests, length of hospital stay, and medical expenses were recorded. Their relationships with the length of hospital sta

SUBMITTER: Zhu T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10105557 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature