The cost of treating community-acquired pneumonia

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 820-837

  Niederman, Michael S ^a   McCombs, Jeffrey S ^b   Unger, Alan N ^c   Kumar, Amit ^c   Popovian, Robert ^d  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Claims database research; Community acquired pneumonia; Cost of illness; Economic assessment; Medicare

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; COST OF ILLNESS; DRUG COST; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

EID: 0031693610     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-2918(98)80144-6     Document Type: Note

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