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More than 10,000 patients were diagnosed with COVID-19 in a U.S. hospital last year after they were admitted for something else. About 21% of the patients who contracted COVID in the hospital from April to September last year died. In contrast, nearly 8% of other Medicare patients died in the hospital at the time.
About 21% of patients diagnosed with COVID during a hospital stay died, according to data analyzed for KHN. In-hospital rates of spread varied widely and patients had no way of checking them.
About 21% of patients diagnosed with COVID during a hospital stay died, according to data analyzed for KHN. In-hospital rates of spread varied widely and patients had no way of checking them.
They went into hospitals with heart attacks, kidney failure, or in a psychiatric crisis. They left with COVID-19 -- if they left at all.