Hospital Admission Decisions for Older Veterans with Community-onset Pneumonia: An Analysis of 118 U.S. Veterans Affairs Medical Centers.

Barbara E JonesJian YingMcKenna NeversElizabeth RutterAlec ChapmanRachel BrennerMatthew H SamoreTom Greene

Published in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2023)

Older Veterans with pneumonia have a high risk of hospitalization, with widespread facility-level variation with no clear relationship with mortality. These findings illustrate a need to further examine the benefits and harms of hospitalization for older adults.

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healthcare
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cardiovascular events
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mechanical ventilation