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Eur J Public Health · Dec 2001
Comparative StudyThe burden of community-acquired pneumonia in Spain.
- V Monge, V M San-Martín, and A González.
- Hospital Ramón y Cajal, University of Alcalá, Spain. vicente.monge@hrc.es
- Eur J Public Health. 2001 Dec 1; 11 (4): 362-4.
BackgroundCommunity-acquired pneumonia accounts for a large number of hospitalizations and deaths in developed countries.MethodsData for Spain were obtained from the national surveillance system for hospital data and comprises all hospital discharges for pneumonia reported during a two-year period.ResultsThe annual incidence of hospitalization for pneumonia was 160 per 100,000 population. Incidence of hospitalization, mortality, average length of stay and case-mortality rate were higher in persons > or = 65 years of age. The annual cost of these hospitalizations was 115 million ECUs (1 ECU = 1.19 US Dollars).ConclusionCommunity-acquired pneumonia accounts for 53,000 hospitalizations per year in Spain, and this imposes a large economic cost on the National Health-care System.
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