Decreased mortality after implementation of a treatment guideline for community-acquired pneumonia

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 451-457

  Dean, Nathan C ^a,b   Silver, Michael P ^c   Bateman, Kim A ^a,b,c   James, Brent ^a,b   Hadlock, Carol J ^a   Hale, David ^a,b  

^a INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c HEALTHINSIGHT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; UTAH;

EID: 0035870683     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(00)00744-0     Document Type: Article

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