Preferences for home vs hospital care among low-risk patients with community-acquired pneumonia

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 1565-1571

  Coley, Christopher M ^a,h   Li, Yi Hwei ^a   Medsger, Anne R ^b   Marrie, Thomas J ^c   Fine, Michael J ^d   Kapoor, Wishwa N ^e   Lave, Judith R ^f   Detshy, Allan S ^g   Weinstein, Milton C ^a   Singer, Daniel E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^h HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 8944247753     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.14.1565     Document Type: Article

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