Readmission and Death After Initial Hospital Discharge Among Patients With COVID-19 in a Large Multihospital System

John P Donnelly; Xiao Qing Wang; Theodore J Iwashyna; Hallie C Prescott

doi:10.1001/jama.2020.21465

Readmission and Death After Initial Hospital Discharge Among Patients With COVID-19 in a Large Multihospital System

JAMA. 2021 Jan 19;325(3):304-306. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.21465.

Authors

John P Donnelly¹, Xiao Qing Wang², Theodore J Iwashyna³, Hallie C Prescott³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Learning Health Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
² Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
³ VA Center for Clinical Management Research, HSR&D Center of Innovation, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Abstract

This study describes reasons for readmission, use of ICU interventions during readmission, and proportions of death after initial hospital discharge of COVID-19 patients from US Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals in March-June 2020.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
COVID-19 / epidemiology
COVID-19 / mortality*
COVID-19 / therapy
Female
Heart Failure / epidemiology
Humans
Kaplan-Meier Estimate
Male
Middle Aged
Patient Discharge / statistics & numerical data*
Patient Readmission / statistics & numerical data*
Respiration, Artificial / statistics & numerical data
SARS-CoV-2*
Time Factors
Vasoconstrictor Agents / therapeutic use
Veterans Health Services / statistics & numerical data

Substances

Vasoconstrictor Agents

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Substances

Grants and funding