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ArticleScientific reports2022

Transition matrices model as a way to better understand and predict intra-hospital pathways of covid-19 patients.

Arnaud Foucrier, Jules Perrio, Johann Grisel, Pascal Crépey, Etienne Gayat, Antoine Vieillard-Baron, Frédéric Batteux, Tobias Gauss, Pierre Squara, Seak-Hy Lo and 2 more

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Arnaud FoucrierIle-de-France Regional Health Agency, Paris, France. arnaud.foucrier@aphp.fr.
Jules PerrioData Science and Analytics Department, SESAN, Paris, France.
Johann GriselData Science and Analytics Department, SESAN, Paris, France.
Pascal CrépeyEcole des Hautes Etudes en Santé Publique, REPERES (Recherche en Pharmaco-Epidémiologie et Recours Aux Soins), University of Rennes, EA 7449, Rennes, France.
Etienne GayatDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Hôpital Lariboisière, DMU PARABOL, University of Paris, Paris, France.
Antoine Vieillard-BaronUniversity Hospital Ambroise Paré, APHP, Boulogne-Billancourt, and Université de Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines UMR 1018, Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
Frédéric BatteuxInstitut Cochin, INSERM U1016, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.
Tobias GaussGrenoble Alpes Trauma Centre, Pôle Anesthésie-Réanimation, CHU de Grenoble, La Tronche, France.
Pierre SquaraDepartment of Intensive Care and Cardiology, Clinique Ambroise Paré, Neuilly-Sur-Seine, France.
Seak-Hy LoIle-de-France Regional Health Agency, Paris, France.
Matthias WargonEmergency Department, Hôpital Delafontaine, Saint-Denis, France.
Romain HellmannIle-de-France Regional Health Agency, Paris, France.

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Abstract

Since January 2020, the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has severely affected hospital systems worldwide. In Europe, the first 3 epidemic waves (periods) have been the most severe in terms of number of infected and hospitalized patients. There are several descriptions of the demographic and clinical profiles of patients with COVID-19, but few studies of their hospital pathways. We used transition matrices, constructed from Markov chains, to illustrate the transition probabilities between different hospital wards for 90,834 patients between March 2020 and July 2021 managed in Paris area. We identified 3 epidemic periods (waves) during which the number of hospitalized patients was significantly high. Between the 3 periods, the main differences observed were: direct admission to ICU, from 14 to 18%, mortality from ICU, from 28 to 24%, length of stay (alive patients), from 9 to 7 days from CH and from 18 to 10 days from ICU. The proportion of patients transferred from CH to ICU remained stable. Understanding hospital pathways of patients is crucial to better monitor and anticipate the impact of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on health system.

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COVID-19HospitalizationHospital MortalityHospitalsHumansIntensive Care UnitsPandemicsRetrospective StudiesSARS-CoV-2

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