Mortality reduction among pneumonia patients still substantial despite the impact of coding changes

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 266-269

  Ruhnke, Gregory W ^a   Coca Perraillon, Marcelo ^b   Cutler, David M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Case definition; Mortality; Pneumonia; Respiratory failure; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL CODING; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SEPSIS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873619084     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2012.08.006     Document Type: Article

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