Should i hospitalize my resident with nursing home-acquired pneumonia?

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 7, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Dosa, David ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospitalization; Long term care; Nursing home acquired pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; MACROLIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COST CONTROL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33144483786     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2005.12.019     Document Type: Article

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