Older adults hospitalized for pneumonia in the United States: Incidence, epidemiology, and outcomes.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-9-2020
Department
Medicine
Department
Epidemiology and Population Health
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To define the current incidence, epidemiology, and mortality of older adult patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in Louisville, KY and thus estimate the burden of CAP in the older adult population of the United States. To define risk factors associated with early and late outcomes. DESIGN: This was a secondary analysis of older adults (aged ≥65 years) from the University of Louisville Pneumonia Study, a prospective population-based cohort study of all hospitalized adults with CAP between June 1, 2014, and May 31, 2016. SETTING: The study took place in all nine acute care hospitals for adults in Louisville, KY. PARTICIPANTS: Residents in the city of Louisville, KY, who were diagnosed with CAP between the inclusion dates were included and who were aged 65 years or older. MEASUREMENTS: Incidence of CAP and outcomes were measured. A total of nine risk factors were also assessed for any potential association with time to clinical stability, length of stay (LOS), and mortality. RESULTS: During the 2-year study, from a Louisville population of 102 264 adults aged 65 years or older, 4760 were hospitalized with CAP. The incidence of older adults hospitalized
Original Publication Information
JAGS Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
v. 68, no. 5:1007-1014, 2020© 2020 The American Geriatrics Society
0002-8614
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ThinkIR Citation
Arnold, Forest W.; Reyes-Vega, Andrea; Salunkhe, Vidyulata; Furmanek, Stephen P.; Furman, Christian; Morton, Laura; Faul, Anna Johan; Yankeelov, Pam; and Ramirez, Julio A., "Older adults hospitalized for pneumonia in the United States: Incidence, epidemiology, and outcomes." (2020). Faculty Scholarship. 960.
https://ir.library.louisville.edu/faculty/960
DOI
doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16327
ORCID
0000-0003-1633-6097
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