Community-acquired pneumonia: The annual cost to the National Health Service in the United Kingdom

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1530-1534

  Guest, J F ^a,b   Morris, A ^a  

^a Catalyst Healthcare Communications   (United Kingdom)

^b CATALYST Healthcare Communications   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Costs; Pneumonia; Resource use; Respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBENICILLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL DERIVATIVE; GLYCOPEPTIDE; MACROLIDE; NITROIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0030872995     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.97.10071530     Document Type: Article

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