Processes of care and outcomes for community-acquired pneumonia

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Lee, Jonathan S ^a   Primack, Brian A ^a   Mor, Maria K ^b,c   Stone, Roslyn A ^a,b,c   Obrosky, D Scott ^b   Yealy, Donald M ^a   Fine, Michael J ^a,b  

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

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Pneumonia; Processes of care; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGENATION; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CONNECTICUT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PENNSYLVANIA; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 81855183275     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.05.029     Document Type: Article

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