Non-COVID hospital deaths rose during pandemic, varied by urban or rural setting

Non-COVID hospital deaths rose in pandemic, varied by setting Amid COVID-19 pandemic-related healthcare disruptions, the likelihood of in-hospital death rose significantly for six time-sensitive, non-COVID conditions and varied by urban or rural setting, finds a study published yesterday in JAMA Network Open. CIDRAP

Amid COVID-19 pandemic-related healthcare disruptions, the likelihood of in-hospital death rose significantly for six time-sensitive, non-COVID conditions and varied by urban or rural setting, finds a study published yesterday in JAMA Network Open.

A team led by researchers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality compared the odds of in-hospital death among adults with non–COVID-related heart attack, hip fracture, gastrointestinal bleeding, pneumonia, sepsis, and stroke at 3,813 US hospitals from March 2020 to December 2021 compared with January 2017 to March 2020. They looked at differences by month and for COVID-19 community transmission.

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