Measuring symptomatic and functional recovery in patients with community-acquired pneumonia

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 423-430

  Metlay, Joshua P ^a   Fine, Michael J ^b   Schulz, Richard ^b   Marrie, Thomas J ^c   Coley, Christopher M ^a   Kapoor, Wishwa N ^b   Singer, Daniel E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health status; Outcomes assessment; Pneumonia; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOVA SCOTIA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030844998     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1997.00074.x     Document Type: Article

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