A Nationwide Survey of the Severity, Comorbidity, and Mortality of Hospitalized Patients with Asthma in Taiwan
| Autor: | Jyh-Hong Lee, Bor-Luen Chiang, Yao-Hsu Yang, Hsin-Hui Yu, Yu-Tsan Lin, Hui-Ju Hsiao, Li-Chieh Wang |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Adolescent Databases Factual Hospitalized patients Taiwan Prevalence Patient characteristics Comorbidity Nationwide survey Risk Assessment Severity of Illness Index Young Adult Sex Factors International Classification of Diseases Cause of Death Epidemiology medicine Humans Hospital Mortality Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Child Aged Asthma business.industry Mortality rate Age Factors lcsh:RJ1-570 lcsh:Pediatrics Middle Aged asthma medicine.disease Survival Analysis hospitalization rate mortality Hospitalization Cross-Sectional Studies Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female business |
| Zdroj: | Pediatrics and Neonatology, Vol 54, Iss 4, Pp 254-260 (2013) |
| ISSN: | 1875-9572 |
| Popis: | ObjectiveTo clarify the epidemiology of asthma admission in a nationwide survey, we analyze the characteristics of hospitalized patients in Taiwan.MethodsData regarding asthma-associated hospitalizations were obtained from the National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan from January 2001 to December 2002. Patient characteristics in terms of severity, mortality, and cost were stratified by age, gender, and presence of comorbidities.ResultsA total of 59,983 hospitalizations with International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) code 493.xx and asthma-related treatment were included in the current analysis. When stratified by age, the number and duration of hospitalizations were distributed in J-shape distribution, with the nadir located in the range of 8–18 years of age. The severity of asthma was found to increase with age (p |
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