Predictors and Outcomes of Hospitalization for Influenza: Real-World Evidence from the United States Medicare Population.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The purpose of this study was to identify predictors of initial hospitalization and describe the outcomes of high-risk patients hospitalized with influenza.

Methods

Data were taken from the 5% national US Medicare database from 2012 to 2015. Patients (aged at least 13 years) were required to have at least one diagnosis for influenza and have continuous health plan enrollment for 6 months before (baseline) and 3 months (follow-up) after the date of influenza diagnosis. Patients who died during follow-up were included. Patients were categorized as initially hospitalized if hospitalized within 0-1 day of diagnosis. High-risk initially hospitalized patients were defined as patients aged at least 65 years or those that had a diagnostic code for chronic lung disease,

SUBMITTER: Bolge SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7954998 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature