Incidence of pulmonary embolism: a comparison of two Australian hospitals.
In this retrospective observational study, we noted that there were significantly more admissions at the public than the private hospital due to both a principal (1.87 vs 0.83 per 1000, P < 0.001) and secondary diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE) (3.10 vs 2.01 per 1000, P = 0.002), with no difference in mortality. There was a highly significant increase in secondary PE diagnoses at the private hospital (R(2) = 0.68, β = 0.14, P = 0.003) over the study period. Despite disparate rates of PE between the two hospitals, there was no difference in mortality, suggesting there may be an element of overdiagnosis.
Public Health, The University of Notre Dame, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Department of Surgery, St George Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000639:trends; D016304:Hospitals, Private / Q000639:trends; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult
Australia; admission; deep venous thrombosis; private hospital; venous thromboembolism