Factors influencing length of hospital stay in community-acquired pneumonia: a study in 27 community hospitals

Factors influencing length of hospital stay in community-acquired pneumonia: a study in 27 community hospitals

We did a retrospective study of 1920 episodes of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in 27 community hospitals and analysed inter-hospital variability in length of hospital stay (LOS), mortality and readmission rates. The overall adjusted LOS (mean±S.D.) was 10·0±9·8 days. LOS increased according to...

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Veröffentlicht in:Epidemiology and infection 2004-10, Vol.132 (5), p.821-829
Hauptverfasser: CABRE, M., BOLIVAR, I., PERA, G., PALLARES, R.
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Sprache:eng
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Aged
Antibiotics
Biological and medical sciences
Community-Acquired Infections - epidemiology
Community-Acquired Infections - etiology
Community-Acquired Infections - mortality
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Hospital admissions
Hospital utilization rate
Hospitalization
Hospitals, Community - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Intensive care units
Length of stay
Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data
Male
Medical Records
Microbiology
Mortality
Nursing homes
Pneumonia
Pneumonia - epidemiology
Pneumonia - etiology
Pneumonia - mortality
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Spain - epidemiology
Teaching hospitals
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Zusammenfassung:We did a retrospective study of 1920 episodes of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in 27 community hospitals and analysed inter-hospital variability in length of hospital stay (LOS), mortality and readmission rates. The overall adjusted LOS (mean±S.D.) was 10·0±9·8 days. LOS increased according to the Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI) risk class: 7·3 days for class I to 11·3 days for class V (P
ISSN:0950-2688
1469-4409
DOI:10.1017/S0950268804002651