Socioeconomic status and hospital utilization among younger adult pneumonia admissions at a Canadian hospital.

Conclusion Among hospitalized pneumonia patients less than 65 years, financial hardship derived from individual-level data, was associated with an over two-fold greater risk of early re-admission and a marginally significant longer hospital LOS.

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This association had marginal significance after adjustment for case mix, functional impairment, and living alone, and ultimately only a small amount of the variation in outcome was explained by financial hardship (R squared change from 23.9% to 24.5% after inclusion in the model).

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