Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Can It Be Defined with Claims Data?

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 187-193

  Whittle, Jeff ^a,b   Fine, Michael J ^b   Joyce, Dorothy Z ^d   Lave, Judith R ^c   Young, Wanda W ^d   Hough, Linda J ^b   Kapoor, Wishwa N ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Div of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

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

^d Pittsburgh Pediatric Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; PNEUMONIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0031434891     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885713X9701200404     Document Type: Article

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