Rehospitalization for pneumonia after first pneumonia admission: Incidence and predictors in a population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Hospital readmissions are a frequent complication of pneumonia. Most data regarding readmissions are obtained from the United States, whereas few data are available from the European healthcare utilization (HCU) systems. In a large cohort of Italian patients with a previous hospitalization for pneumonia, our aim was to evaluate the incidence and predictors of early readmissions due to pneumonia.

Methods

This is a observational retrospective, population based, cohort study. Data were retrieved from the HCU databases of the Italian Lombardy region. 203,768 patients were hospitalized for pneumonia between 2003 and 2012. The outcome was the first rehospitalization for pneumonia. The patients were followed up after the index hospital admission to estimat

SUBMITTER: Faverio P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7326167 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature