Long term risk of death and readmission after hospital admission with covid-19 among older adults: retrospective cohort study.
Andrew S OseranYang SongJiaman XuIssa J DahabrehRishi K WadheraJames A de LemosSandeep R DasTianyu SunRobert W YehDhruv S KaziPublished in: BMJ (Clinical research ed.) (2023)
Medicare beneficiaries who were discharged alive after a covid-19 hospital admission had a higher post-discharge risk of death compared with historical influenza controls; this difference, however, was concentrated in the early post-discharge period. The risk of death for patients discharged after a covid-19 related hospital admission substantially declined over the course of the pandemic.