The hospital admission decision for patients with community-acquired pneumonia: Results from the pneumonia patient outcomes research team cohort study

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 36-44

  Fine, Michael J ^a,e   Hough, Linda J ^a   Medsger, Anne R ^a   Li, Yi Hwei ^a   Ricci, Edmund M ^a   Singer, Daniel E ^b   Manie, Thomas J ^c   Coley, Christopher M ^c   Walsh, Mary B ^a   Karpf, Michael ^a   Lahive, Karen C ^d   Kapoor, Wishwa N ^a  

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

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Kenmore Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0031013873     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.157.1.36     Document Type: Article

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