The impact of COVID-19 hospitalizations on nursing home admissions: a regional insight into long-term care and public health.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To obtain the rate of admission to nursing homes (NHs) and to evaluate clinical characteristics and mortality rates of patients admitted to NHs after hospitalizations for COVID-19, compared to non-COVID-19 acutely hospitalized patients.

Methods

We analyzed administrative data from Lombardy, a Northen Italian region, in individuals aged ≥50 years who were hospitalized and discharged alive in 2018 for acute conditions or, between February 2020 and June 2022, for COVID-19. Outcomes included NH institutionalization rates within 180 post-discharge day and mortality following NH admission. Kaplan-Meier curves and Cox proportional hazard models adjusted for age, sex, and comorbidities were used to assess the risks.

Results

Among 133,216 COVID-19 hospitalizations i

SUBMITTER: Bandera A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12315697 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature