Factors associated with the hospitalization of low-risk patients with community-acquired pneumonia in a cluster-randomized trial

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 745-752

  Labarere, Jose ^a,b   Stone, Roslyn A ^a,c   Obrosky, D Scott ^a   Yealy, Donald M ^d   Meehan, Thomas P ^e,f   Auble, Thomas E ^d   Fine, Jonathan M ^f,g   Graft, Louis G ^f,h,i   Fine, Michael J ^a,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f QUALIDIGM   (United States)

^g NORWALK HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ NEW BRITAIN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Community acquired infections; Emergency service; Hospital; Patient admission; Pneumonia; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; ODDS RATIO; OUTPATIENTS; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33745665352     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00510.x     Document Type: Article

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