Determinants of hospital length of stay among patients with pneumonia admitted to a large Canadian hospital from 1991 to 2001

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 365-370

  McGregor, Margaret J ^a   FitzGerald, J Mark ^a   Reid, Robert J ^a   Levy, Adrian R ^a   Schulzer, Michael ^a   Jung, David ^a   Groshaus, Horacio E ^a   Cox, Michelle B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Hospital downsizing; Long term care facilities; LOS; Pneumonia admissions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 28644436182     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2005/628367     Document Type: Article

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