The increase in hospitalizations for urinary tract infections and the associated costs in the United States, 1998-2011

Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Simmering, Jacob E ^a   Tang, Fan ^b   Cavanaugh, Joseph E ^a   Polgreen, Linnea A ^a   Polgreen, Philip M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare costs; Seasonality; Time series; Trends; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUMMER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERY ELDERLY; WINTER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85014258464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oid/ofw281     Document Type: Article

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