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The burden of community-acquired pneumonia in Spain
V Monge1, V M San-Martín, A González
1Hospital Ramón y Cajal, University of Alcalá, Spain. vicente.monge@hrc.es
Background:
Community-acquired pneumonia accounts for a large number of hospitalizations and deaths in developed countries.
Methods:
Data 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.
Results:
The 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).
Conclusion:
Community-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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