Epidemiologic trends in the hospitalization of elderly medicare patients for pneumonia, 1991-1998

W.B. Baine, W. Yu and J.P. Summe

American Journal of Public Health, 2001, vol. 91, issue 7, 1121-1123

Abstract: Objectives. This study determined hospitalization rates of elderly Americans for pneumonia from 1991 through 1998. Methods. Epidemiologic data were described for 273-173 pneumonia hospitalizations. Results. Annual hospitalizations for aspiration pneumonia increased by 93.5%. Pneumonia hospitalization rates increased steeply with age, especially among men. Black men were at highest risk for aspiration, unspecified, Klebsiella, "other gram-negative," and staphylococcal pneumonia; White men had the highest Haemophilus and pneumococcal pneumonia rates. Among women, Blacks predominated in aspiration and Klebsiella pneumonia; Whites had the highest Haemophilus and bronchopneumonia rates. Conclusions. An epidemic of hospitalization for aspiration pneumonia smoldered over 8 years. Significant disparities existed in hospitalization risks by race, sex, and principal diagnosis.

Date: 2001
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