Hospitalization burden and epidemiology of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain (2020-2021)

dc.contributor.authorGarcia-Carretero, Rafael
dc.contributor.authorVazquez-Gomez, Oscar
dc.contributor.authorGil-Prieto, Ruth
dc.contributor.authorGil-de-Miguel, Angel
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-26T09:00:52Z
dc.date.available2024-01-26T09:00:52Z
dc.date.issued2023-07-18
dc.description.abstractBackground Spain had some of Europe’s highest incidence and mortality rates for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID19). Here we describe the epidemiology and trends in hospitalizations, the number of critical patients, and deaths in Spain in 2020 and 2021. Methods We performed a descriptive, retrospective, nationwide study using an administrative database, the Minimum Basic Data Set at Hospitalization, which includes 95–97% of discharge reports for patients hospitalized in Spain in 2020 and 2021. We analyzed the number of hospitalizations, admissions to intensive care units, and deaths and their geographic distribution across regions of Spain. Results As of December 31, 2021, a total of 498,789 patients (1.04% of the entire Spanish population) had needed hospitalization. At least six waves of illness were identified. Men were more prone to hospitalization than women. The median age was 66. A total of 54,340 patients (10.9% of all hospitalizations) had been admitted to the intensive care unit. We identified 71,437 deaths (mortality rate of 14.3% among hospitalized patients). We also observed important differences among regions, with Madrid being the epicenter of hospitalizations and mortality. Conclusions We analyzed Spain’s response to COVID-19 and describe here its experiences during the pandemic in terms of hospitalizations, critical illness, and deaths. This research highlights changes over several months and waves and the importance of factors such as vaccination, the predominant variant of the virus, and public health interventions in the rise and fall of the outbreaks.es
dc.identifier.citationBMC Infect Dis . 2023 Jul 18;23(1):476es
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12879-023-08454-y.es
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10115/28955
dc.language.isoenges
dc.publisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLCes
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesses
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectCOVID-19es
dc.subjectSARS-CoV-2es
dc.titleHospitalization burden and epidemiology of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain (2020-2021)es
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlees

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