Risk factors for early hospital readmission in patients with AIDS and pneumonia

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 531-536

  Grant, Richard W ^a,b,c   Charlebois, Edwin D ^a,b   Wachter, Robert M ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Hospital readmission; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT READMISSION; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAN FRANCISCO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032863106     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1999.08157.x     Document Type: Article

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