Hospitalized pneumonia: Outcomes, treatment patterns, and costs in urban and rural areas

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 415-421

  Lave, Judith R ^a,d   Fine, Michael J ^c   Sankey, Steadman S ^b   Hanusa, Barbara H ^c   Weissfeld, Lisa A ^b   Kapoor, Wishwa N ^c  

^a Graduate School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^b GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

community acquired pneumonia; cost of treatment; outcomes; rural and urban hospitalized patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RURAL AREA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0029843881     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02600189     Document Type: Article

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