Treating acute infections by telemedicine in the home

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1175-1181

  Eron, Lawrence ^a,b   King, Paula ^a   Marineau, Michelle ^a   Yonehara, Cyndee ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMORBIDITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SKIN INFECTION; TELECOMMUNICATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HOME INFUSION THERAPY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12844282192     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/424671     Document Type: Review

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