Pneumococcal vaccination: Analysis of opportunities in an inner-city hospital

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 1961-1965

  Husain, Shahid ^a   Slobodkin, David ^a   Weinstein, Robert A ^a  

^a Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; CHICAGO; COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MUNICIPAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ADMISSION; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037163462     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.162.17.1961     Document Type: Article

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