TABLE 1.

Reasons for readmission after an index hospitalisation for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)

Diagnosis	Number of readmissions
	Within 30 days n (% of readmissions) (n=636)	Within 1 year n (% of readmissions) (n=1851)
CAP	113 (17.8%)	228 (12.3%)
COPD	44 (6.9%)	121 (6.5%)
Heart failure	42 (6.6%)	103 (5.6%)
Chest pain	21 (3.3%)	66 (3.6%)
Aspiration pneumonia	22 (3.5%)	50 (2.7%)
Acute lower respiratory tract infection	15 (2.4%)	43 (2.3%)
Pleural effusion	15 (2.4%)	19 (1.0%)
Others	364 (57.2%)	1221 (66.0%)