The Effect of Selected Hospital Characteristics on the Timeliness of Antibiotic Administration for Pneumonia

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 259-264

  Mitchiner, James C ^a   Hutto, Sarah L ^b  

^a Michigan Peer Review Organization   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antibiotic timing; Hospital characteristics; Pneumonia; Quality

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BLOOD EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RURAL POPULATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TIME; URBAN POPULATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34547406208     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860607303268     Document Type: Article

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