Short-Stay Hospitalizations for Patients with COVID-19: A Retrospective Cohort Study
| Autor: | Christopher K. Snider, Eric Bressman, David A. Asch, Stefanie Porges, Lindsay G. Grossman, Keith C. Hemmert, Mucio K Delgado, Zachary Mankoff, Austin S. Kilaru, Kathleen Lee, Scott R Greysen |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) hospital operations Logistic regression 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Diabetes mellitus Hospital discharge Medicine hospital readmissions 030212 general & internal medicine hospital capacity business.industry Brief Report COVID-19 030208 emergency & critical care medicine Retrospective cohort study General Medicine Emergency department medicine.disease Short stay Emergency medicine business Kidney disease |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical Medicine, Vol 10, Iss 1966, p 1966 (2021) Journal of Clinical Medicine |
| ISSN: | 2077-0383 |
| Popis: | Objective: Patients requiring hospital care for COVID-19 may be stable for discharge soon after admission. This study sought to describe patient characteristics associated with short-stay hospitalization for COVID-19. Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study of patients with COVID-19 admitted to five United States hospitals from March to December 2020. We used multivariable logistic regression to identify patient characteristics associated with short hospital length-of-stay. Results: Of 3103 patients, 648 (20.9%) were hospitalized for less than 48 h. These patients were significantly less likely to have an age greater than 60, diabetes, chronic kidney disease; emergency department vital sign abnormalities, or abnormal initial diagnostic testing. For patients with no significant risk factors, the adjusted probability of short-stay hospitalization was 62.4% (95% CI 58.9–69.6). Conclusion: Identification of candidates for early hospital discharge may allow hospitals to streamline throughput using protocols that optimize the efficiency of hospital care and coordinate post-discharge monitoring. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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