Temporal trends in hospitalizations and 30-day mortality in older patients during the COVID pandemic from March 2020 to July 2021

A reduction in mortality risk of COVID-19 throughout the first wave of the pandemic has been reported, but less is known about later waves. This study aimed to describe changes in hospitalizations and mortality of patients receiving inpatient geriatric care for COVID-19 or other causes during the pa...

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Published in:PloS one 2023-09, Vol.18 (9), p.e0291237
Main Authors: Garcia-Ptacek, Sara, Xu, Hong, Annetorp, Martin, Jerlardtz, Viktoria Bäck, Cederholm, Tommy, Engström, Malin, Kivipelto, Miia, Lundberg, Lars Göran, Metzner, Carina, Olsson, Maria, Nyvang, Josefina Skogö, Sühl Öberg, Carina, Åkesson, Elisabet, Religa, Dorota, Eriksdotter, Maria
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aged patients
Biology and Life Sciences
COVID-19
Epidemics
Ethics
Evaluation
Fatalities
Geriatrics
Health aspects
Hospital care
Hospital patients
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Intensive care
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
Medicine and Health Sciences
Mortality
Mortality risk
Older people
Pandemics
Patient outcomes
Patients
People and places
Population
Regression analysis
Sweden
Trends
Vaccination
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Summary:A reduction in mortality risk of COVID-19 throughout the first wave of the pandemic has been reported, but less is known about later waves. This study aimed to describe changes in hospitalizations and mortality of patients receiving inpatient geriatric care for COVID-19 or other causes during the pandemic. The total number of hospitalizations was 5,320 for COVID-19 and 32,243 for non-COVID-cases. In COVID-patients, the 30-day mortality rate was highest at the beginning of the first wave (29% in March-April 2020), reached 17% at the second wave peak (November-December) followed by 11-13% in the third wave (March-July 2021). The mortality in non-COVID geriatric patients showed a similar trend, but of lower magnitude (5-10%). During the incidence peaks, COVID-19 hospitalizations displaced non-COVID geriatric patients.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0291237