Infections and hospital bed-days among aging adults: A five-year retrospective study in a Belgian general hospital.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Infectious disease in aging adults (≥61 years) often occurs in combination with other health conditions leading to long hospital stays. Detailed studies on infection in aging adults investigating this problem are sparse.

Aim

To quantify the effect of primary and secondary diagnosed infections on hospitalization bed-days among aging adult patients.

Design

Retrospective patient-file study.

Setting

Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen (ZNA) Hospital, a 1,858-bed general hospital in Belgium, with 364 beds allocated to geriatric patients.

Data source

Database of hospitalized adult patients aged ≥61 years.

Methods

All adult patients aged ≥61 years hospitalized on two wards, Geriatrics and Pulmonology, from 2010 to 2014 were included. Primary diagnose

SUBMITTER: De Cock AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9632861 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature