Pneumonia burden in elderly patients: A classification algorithm using administrative data

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Cascini, Silvia ^a   Agabiti, Nera ^a   Incalzi, Raffaele A ^b   Pinnarelli, Luigi ^a   Mayer, Flavia ^a   Arcà, Massimo ^a   Fusco, Danilo ^a   Davoli, Marina ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b Campus University ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Elderly; Healthcare database; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMORBIDITY; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ICD-9; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NOSOCOMIAL PNEUMONIA; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMONIA; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84888098569     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-559     Document Type: Article

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