BACKGROUND: Mortality in @entity146 @entity1 both from natural and non-natural causes was reported to be markedly higher than in the general population. The effect of the @entity146 hospital (PH) closure process on mortality has nonetheless seldom been investigated. We studied mortality in a cohort of PH @entity1 , taking into account the closure process in Italy. METHODS: A total of 2915 @entity1 from 12 PH were described in the period 1994-1996 and followed up until June 2000, and discharges and @entity204 were registered. Standardized mortality ratios (SMR) for natural and non-natural causes were computed on the basis of regional death rates. RESULTS: Observed @entity204 were 714 vs. 291.2 expected. The all-causes SMR was 2.47 in males and 2.43 in females. The SMR was 26.92 in males and 13.75 in females for @entity146 causes, 6.84 and 7.89 for undefined causes, 9.57 and 7.27 for @entity55 , 6.38 and 7.78 for @entity1030 , and 1.27 and 1.58 for @entity741 . No excess was observed for all @entity5 in males, but the SMR was 1.50 for @entity2 in males, 2.30 for @entity0 and 1.48 for all @entity5 in females. SMR for suicide was 3.85 in males and 2.73 in females. Most SMR were higher at younger age, although the rate of absolute excess @entity204 was greater above age 60. The SMR for all causes was 2.66 before discharge from PH, and 2.09 after discharge. CONCLUSIONS: Mortality remained high after leaving the PH, but no increase was associated to the PH closure.

Mortality in long-stay @entity1 from XXXX hospitals in Italy--results from the Qualyop Project.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity0 :: ('MESH:D001943', 'Disease') :: ['breast cancer'] @entity55 :: ('MESH:D011014', 'Disease') :: ['pneumonia'] @entity146 :: ('MESH:D001523', 'Disease') :: ['psychiatric'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['neoplasms', 'cancers'] @entity2 :: ('MESH:D008175', 'Disease') :: ['lung cancer'] @entity741 :: ('MESH:D017202', 'Disease') :: ['ischemic heart disease'] @entity1030 :: ('MESH:D029424', 'Disease') :: ['chronic obstructive respiratory disease'] @entity204 :: ('MESH:D003643', 'Disease') :: ['deaths']
@entity146 :: (MESH:D001523,Disease) :: ['psychiatric']
