Substantial health and economic burden of COVID-19 during the year after acute illness among US adults not at high risk of severe COVID-19

Table 7 Hospital discharge status during the baseline and post-acute phases^a in the overall population (N = 3792)

	Baseline phase	Post-acute phase
Hospitalizations, N	22	138
Discharge status, n (%)
Discharged to home or self-care	21 (95.5)	90 (65.2)
Discharged to home under care of home health service organization	0 (0.0)	5 (3.6)
Discharged to other facility^a	0 (0.0)	16 (11.6)
Still patient/transferred within institution	0 (0.0)	8 (5.8)
Unknown status	1 (4.5)	19 (13.8)

Percentages were calculated in relation to the total number of hospital discharges during the specified period
^aIncludes short-term general hospital, skilled nursing facility, intermediate care facility, federal healthcare facility, home hospice, medical facility hospice, inpatient rehabilitation facility, long-term care hospital, nursing facility certified under Medicare, psychiatric hospital or psychiatric distinct part/unit of a hospital, critical access hospital or other type of healthcare institution

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