Rodseth, ReitzeMaslo, CarolineLaubscher, AnchenFriedland, Richard2024-03-042024-03-042023-09Rodseth, R., Maslo, C., Laubscher, A. & Friedland, R. 2023, 'Readmission and inhospital death 1 year after COVID-19 hospitalization in South Africa', Journal of Internal Medicine, vol. 294, no. 3, pp. 370-372, doi : 10.1111/joim.13685.0954-6820 (print)1365-2796 (online)10.1111/joim.13685http://hdl.handle.net/2263/95043BACKGROUND : Acute SARS-COVID-19 infection may increase readmission risk compared to other respiratory infections. We assessed the 1-year readmission and inhospital death rates of hospitalized SARS-COVID-19 patients compared to patients hospitalized with other types of pneumonia. METHODS : We determined the 1-year readmission and inhospital death rate of adult patients initially hospitalized with a positive SARS-COVID-19 result, and subsequently discharged, between March 2020 and August 2021, at a Netcare private hospital in South Africa, and compared this to all hospitalized adult pneumonia patients in the 3 years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic (2017–2019). RESULTS : The 1-year readmission rate in COVID-19 patients was 6.6% (328/50,067) versus 8.5% in pneumonia patients (4699/55,439; p < 0.001), with an inhospital mortality rate of 7.7% (n = 251) and 9.7% (n = 454; p = 0.002) for COVID-19 and pneumonia patients, respectively.en© 2023 The Authors. Journal of Internal Medicine published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Association for Publication of The Journal of Internal Medicine. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.COVID-19 pandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Long COVIDMortalityPneumoniaReadmissionSDG-03: Good health and well-beingArticle