Period of hospitalization and mortality in transferred versus non-transferred COVID-19 patients: results from Germany.

ABSTRACT: COVID-19 was a challenge for health-care systems worldwide, causing large numbers of hospitalizations and inter-hospital transfers. We studied whether transfer, as well as its reason, was associated with the duration of hospitalization in non-ICU and ICU patients. For this purpose, all patients hospitalized due to COVID-19 between August 1st and December 31st, 2021, in a network of hospitals in Southern Germany were comprehensively characterized regarding their clinical course, therapy, complications, transfers, reasons for transfer, involved levels of care, total period of hospitalization and in-hospital mortality, using univariate and multiple regression analyses. While mortality was not significantly associated with transfer, the period of hospitalization was. In non-ICU patients (n = 5

SUBMITTER: Suski P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10973428 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature