The cost of treating pneumonia in the nursing home setting

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 81-89

  Kruse, Robin L ^a   Boles, Keith E ^b   Mehr, David R ^a   Spalding, Diane ^c   Lave, Judith R ^d  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b Dept of Health Management/Informat ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost and cost analysis; Nursing homes; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFACLOR; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFONICID; CEFOTAXIME; CEFPODOXIME; CEFPROZIL; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LORACARBEF; METRONIDAZOLE; OFLOXACIN; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SULTAMICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; TICARCILLIN; TIMENTIN; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST OF ILLNESS; DECUBITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG COST; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BILLING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NEGRO; NURSING HOME; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037341957     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-8610(04)70280-7     Document Type: Article

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