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Pneumonia in Older Adults
Reversing the Trend
Thomas M. File, Jr, MD;
James S. Tan, MD
JAMA. 2005;294:2760-2763.
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Community-acquired pneumonia is a common illness associated with significant morbidity and mortality,1 particularly for older adults and those with comorbid disease.2-3 An estimated 915 900 episodes of community-acquired pneumonia occur in adults aged 65 years or older each year in the United States and approximately 1 of every 20 persons aged 85 years and older will have a new occurrence yearly.4 Most of the hospitalizations and excess deaths due to community-acquired pneumonia occur in older adults, and most of the cost is for patients older than 65 years.5
To better meet the health care needs of older patients and potentially alleviate the economic burden on the health care system, it is imperative to understand the epidemiology of pneumonia in this group of patients. In this issue of JAMA, Fry and colleagues6 examined the trends according to age groups in hospitalizations for . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Author Affiliations: Section of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown; and Department of Internal Medicine, Summa Health System, Akron, Ohio.
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