Characteristics and in-hospital outcomes of elderly patients with cancer in a top-ranked hospital in China, 2016-2020: Real-world study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cancer is mostly a disease of aging, and older patients with cancer are generally frailer. This study aimed to describe the characteristics and in-hospital outcomes and explore factors associated with duration, cost, and mortality during first hospitalization, in older patients with cancer admitted to a top-ranked hospital in China.

Methods

Data on patients with solid cancer ≥65 years consecutively hospitalized in 2016-2020 were retrieved from the electronic medical records of Ruijin Hospital in Shanghai, China. Baseline characteristics, duration, cost, and mortality during hospitalization were described. Factors associated with duration, cost, and mortality during first hospitalization were explored using multivariable-adjusted logistic regression.

Results

SUBMITTER: Huang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9939123 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature