Antibiotic Prescribing for Acute Respiratory Infection and Subsequent Outpatient and Hospital Utilization in Veterans With Spinal Cord Injury and Disorder

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Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-109

  Evans, Charlesnika T ^a   Li, Keran ^b   Burns, Stephen P ^c   Smith, Bridget ^b   Lee, Todd A ^d   Weaver, Frances M ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b Spinal Cord Injury Quality Enhancement Research Initiative   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; COMORBIDITY; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARAPLEGIA; PNEUMONIA; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VETERAN;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRONCHITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 77449153441     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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