Death rates among patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia: A reexamination with data from three states

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 8 I, 1996, Pages 1152-1154

  Markowitz, Jeffrey S ^a,b   Pashko, Steven ^a   Gutterman, Elane M ^c,d   Linde Zwirble, Walter T ^e   Newbold III, Richard ^e  

^a BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Institute for Health

^e Health Outcomes Technologies

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE MIX; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029761065     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.86.8_pt_1.1152     Document Type: Article

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