Medical-resource use for suspected tuberculosis in a New York City hospital

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 747-753

  Griffiths, Robert I ^a,b   Hyman, Charles L ^c,d   McFarlane, Samy I ^c,d   Saurina, Guillermo R ^c,d   Anderson, Jane E ^e   O'Brien, Theodore ^f   Popper, Caroline ^f   McGrath, Margaret M ^a   Herbert, Robert J ^g   Sierra, Marcelino F ^c,d  

^a UK   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Medicalliance Inc   (United States)

^f BD Technologies   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, MUNICIPAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT ISOLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0032177943     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141419     Document Type: Article

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