Objective: This study aimed to investigate the association between hospitalization and admission symptoms, demographic information, laboratory results, and pre-existing chronic diseases in patients who sought care at the emergency outpatient clinic of a research hospital and were diagnosed with coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19).

Material and Method: This retrospective cross-sectional study included 220 randomly selected patients who presented to the emergency outpatient clinic of a training and research hospital and were diagnosed with COVID-19. The patients were categorized into two groups, hospitalized and non-hospitalized, and an investigation was conducted to determine whether there were differences between the two groups regarding symptoms, chronic diseases, demographics, and laboratory data.

Results: Among the COVID-19 patients in the study, 50.9% had hypertension, 31.8% had diabetes, and 18.6% had chronic diseases, such as coronary artery disease. Thoracic computerized tomography (CT) scans of 83% of COVID-19 patients were consistent with COVID-19/viral pneumonia, and 92% were hospitalized. Regression analysis revealed that C-reactive protein levels and chest CT findings compatible with COVID-19/viral pneumo-nia, asthma positively and age, hemoglobine, myalgia-back/joint pain negatively predicted hospitalization.

Conclusion: The concordance of chest CT scans with COVID-19/viral pneumonia increased the likelihood of hospitalization by 32.43 times, while patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease had an 5.28 times higher risk. Contrary to expectations, hospitalization increased as age decreased. These parameters should be considered when making hospitalization decisions for individuals with suspected COVID-19.