The relation between physician experience and patterns of care for patients with AIDS-related Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia: Results from a survey of 1,500 physicians in the United States

Chest

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1563-1569

  Bach, Peter B ^a,d   Calhoun, Elizabeth A ^b   Bennett, Charles L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Outcome and process assessment; Physician practice patterns; Pneumonia; Postal survey; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE; DIDANOSINE; LAMIVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; PENTAMIDINE; RIFABUTIN; RITONAVIR; SAQUINAVIR; STAVUDINE; ZALCITABINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LUNG INFILTRATE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032992644     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.115.6.1563     Document Type: Article

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