Increasing burden of community-acquired pneumonia leading to hospitalisation, 1998-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in many countries but few recent large-scale studies have examined trends in its incidence.

Methods

Incidence of CAP leading to hospitalisation in one UK region (Oxfordshire) was calculated over calendar time using routinely collected diagnostic codes, and modelled using piecewise-linear Poisson regression. Further models considered other related diagnoses, typical administrative outcomes, and blood and microbiology test results at admission to determine whether CAP trends could be explained by changes in case-mix, coding practices or admission procedures.

Results

CAP increased by 4.2%/year (95% CI 3.6 to 4.8) from 1998 to 2008, and subsequently much faster at 8.8%/year (95% CI 7

SUBMITTER: Quan TP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4893127 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature