[Impact of hospital admissions for pneumonia in a tertiary Spanish hospital].
BACKGROUND
Impact of hospital admissions for pneumonia during 1998 in the Hospital Clínic, Barcelona.


METHODS
Retrospective information on the hospitalizations for pneumonia was collected.


RESULTS
During 1998 a total of 626 adult were admitted with a hospital diagnosis of pneumonia (72% were >/= 65 years). The average length of stay was 10 days. Half of these patients were previously hospitalized during the preceding 5 years.


CONCLUSIONS
Hospital admissions due to pneumonia (17 cases per 1.000 hospitalizations) accounted for an estimated cost of 2.3% of the cost of all the hospitalized patients.
Bayas
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Servicio de Medicina Preventiva. UASP-IDIBAPS. Hospital Clínic. Barcelona, Spain. bayasd@medicina,ub.es
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D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013030:Spain