Economic effects of community versus hospital-based faculty pneumonia care

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 774-777

  Stein, Michael D ^a,b   Hanson, Scott ^a   Tammaro, Dominick ^a   Hanna, Lucy ^a   Most, Albert S ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based generalists; Hospital based generalists; Hospitalists; Pneumonia, cost of care; Teaching service

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL CARE; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALISTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 0031724770     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1998.00231.x     Document Type: Article

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