Up to 11 per cent of COVID-19 patients in hospital in Ontario and Alberta died or required re-admission within 30 days of discharge, according to a new study
At roughly nine per cent, researchers say the readmission rate is similar to that seen for other ailments, but socio-economic factors and sex seem to play a bigger role in predicting which patients are most likely to suffer a downturn when sent home.looked at 46,412 adults hospitalized for COVID-19 in Alberta and Ontario during the first part of the pandemic.
For those wondering if the patients were discharged too soon, the report found most spent less than a month in hospital and patients who stayed longer were actually readmitted at a slightly higher rate. “Including things like socio-economic status, male sex and where they were actually being discharged towere also big influences. It comes back to the whole message that we're seeing over and over with COVID: that socio-economic deprivation seems to be even more important for COVID than for other medical conditions.”
The study did not tease out how much socio-economic status itself was a factor, but did look at postal codes associated with so-called “deprivation” indicators like lower education and income among residents. McAlister said about half of the patients returned because of breathing difficulties, which is the most common diagnosis for readmissions of any type.
“Looking at readmissions is just the tip of the iceberg. There's some data from the that maybe half to two-thirds of individuals who have had COVID severe enough to be hospitalized end up with lung problems or heart problems afterwards, if you do detailed enough testing,” he said.
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