One-year outcomes of community-acquired and healthcare-associated pneumonia in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Hsu, Joe L ^a   Siroka, Andrew M ^b   Smith, Mark W ^a,b   Holodniy, Mark ^a,b   Meduri, G Umberto ^c,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CAP; Community acquired pneumonia; HCAP; Healthcare disparities; Nosocomial infection; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CHARLSON DEYO QUAN COMORBIDITY INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PNEUMONIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 79955953498     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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