Effect of social factors on winter hospital admission for respiratory disease: A case-control study of older people in the UK

Rachel E. Jordan; Jeremy Hawker; Jon G. Ayres; Peymané Adab; William Tunnicliffe; Babatunde Olowokure; Joe Kai; Richard J. McManus; Ros Salter; Kar Keung Cheng

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Effect of social factors on winter hospital admission for respiratory disease: A case-control study of older people in the UK

Rachel E. Jordan^*, Jeremy Hawker, Jon G. Ayres, Peymané Adab, William Tunnicliffe, Babatunde Olowokure, Joe Kai, Richard J. McManus, Ros Salter, Kar Keung Cheng

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Field Epidemiology (West Midlands)

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Abstract

Every winter, UK hospitals experience a surge in resipiratory admissions. Social circumstance may be an important determinant. This case-control study was undertaken to establish the most important factors causing winter hospital admissions among older people presenting with acute respiratory disease. The study found that socioeconomic factors had little relative effect compared with medical and functional factors. Most important were having long-term medical conditions, especially chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (odds ratio 4.0; 95% confidence interval = 1.4 to 11.4), being housebound, and history of oral steroid treatment. Socially-isolated patients also had increased risk.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	400-402
Number of pages	3
Journal	British Journal of General Practice
Volume	58
Issue number	551
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp08X302682
Publication status	Published - Jun 2008

Keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Elderly
Hospitalisation
Respiratory tract Infections
Socioeconomic factors
Winter pressures

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