The cost of inappropriate admission of pneumonia patients;¿Cuál es el coste de las neumonías que ingresamos inadecuadamente?

Archivos de Bronconeumologia

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 312-316

  Gonzalez Moraleja J ^a,d   Sesma, P ^b   Gonzalez C ^a   Lopez M E ^a   Garcia J F ^a   Alvarez Sala J L ^c  

^a Universidad de La Coruña   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deaths; Pneumonia; Prognosis; Resources

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PATIENT ADMISSION; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN;

EID: 0033160970     PISSN: 03002896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0300-2896(15)30067-3     Document Type: Article

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