Medical Xpress
August 10, 2023
In a new study, researchers used Medicare data to characterize the long-term risk of death and hospital readmission after being hospitalized with COVID-19 among patients 65 years and older. The study demonstrates that among patients who were admitted to a hospital with COVID-19 and discharged alive, the risk of post-discharge death was nearly twice that observed in those who were discharged alive from an influenza-related hospital admission.
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Oseran A S, Song Y, Xu J, Dahabreh I J, Wadhera R K, de Lemos J A et al. Long term risk of death and readmission after hospital admission with covid-19 among older adults: retrospective cohort study BMJ 2023;382:e076222. DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2023-076222, www.bmj.com/content/382/bmj-2023-076222