The hospitalization burden of all-cause pneumonia in China: A population-based study, 2009-2017.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pneumonia represents a public health problem of substantial health and economic burden. However, the evidence on the burden of adult pneumonia is limited in China.

Methods

The China Kadoorie Biobank recruited 512,725 participants aged 30-79 years from five urban and five rural areas during 2004-2008. The current analyses included 506,086 participants who were alive in 2009. Pneumonia hospitalizations were ascertained through the health insurance system until December 31, 2017. Generalized linear models were used to examine the secular trends and regional and population variations in pneumonia hospitalization rate, mean length of hospital stay (LOS), and 30-day case fatality rate (CFR).

Findings

A total of 27,879 participants with 36,567 pneumonia hospitaliz

SUBMITTER: Hu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8991381 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature