Which patients with lower respiratory tract infections need inpatient treatment? Perceptions of physicians, nurses, patients and relatives

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Baehni, Claudia ^a   Meier, Sabine ^a   Spreiter, Pamela ^a   Schild, Ursula ^a   Regez, Katharina ^a   Bossart, Rita ^a   Thomann, Robert ^a   Falconnier, Claudine ^a   Christ Crain, Mirjam ^a   De Geest, Sabina ^c   Müller, Beat ^b   Schuetz, Philipp ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Kantonsspital Aarau ^*  (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE ATTITUDE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PNEUMONIA SEVERITY INDEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIANS; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77951245860     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-10-12     Document Type: Article

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