Readmission following hospitalization for pneumonia: The impact of pneumonia type and its implication for hospitals

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 362-367

  Shorr, Andrew F ^a   Zilberberg, Marya D ^b,c   Reichley, Richard ^d   Kan, Jason ^d   Hoban, Alex ^e   Hoffman, Justin ^d   Micek, Scott T ^d   Kollef, Marin H ^e  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EviMed Research Group LLC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community acquired; Healthcare associated; Hospitalization; Pneumonia; Readmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED; HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED; HOSPITALIZATION; PNEUMONIA; READMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84880353307     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit254     Document Type: Article

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