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- Title
Readmission and inhospital death 1 year after COVID‐19 hospitalization in South Africa.
- Authors
Rodseth, Reitze; Maslo, Caroline; Laubscher, Anchen; Friedland, Richard
- Abstract
Background: Acute SARS‐COVID‐19 infection may increase readmission risk compared to other respiratory infections. We assessed the 1‐year readmission and inhospital death rates of hospitalized SARS‐COVID‐19 patients compared to patients hospitalized with other types of pneumonia. Methods: We determined the 1‐year readmission and inhospital death rate of adult patients initially hospitalized with a positive SARS‐COVID‐19 result, and subsequently discharged, between March 2020 and August 2021, at a Netcare private hospital in South Africa, and compared this to all hospitalized adult pneumonia patients in the 3 years prior to the COVID‐19 pandemic (2017–2019). Results: The 1‐year readmission rate in COVID‐19 patients was 6.6% (328/50,067) versus 8.5% in pneumonia patients (4699/55,439; p < 0.001), with an inhospital mortality rate of 7.7% (n = 251) and 9.7% (n = 454; p = 0.002) for COVID‐19 and pneumonia patients, respectively.
- Subjects
SOUTH Africa; PATIENT readmissions; HOSPITAL mortality; COVID-19; POST-acute COVID-19 syndrome; HOSPITAL care
- Publication
Journal of Internal Medicine, 2023, Vol 294, Issue 3, p370
- ISSN
0954-6820
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/joim.13685