One-year outcomes of community-acquired and healthcare-associated pneumonia in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System
Author(s) -
Joe L. Hsu,
Andrew Siroka,
Mark W. Smith,
Mark Holodniy,
G. Umberto Meduri
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2011.02.002
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , comorbidity , veterans affairs , retrospective cohort study , odds ratio , confidence interval , emergency medicine , mortality rate , pneumonia severity index , community acquired pneumonia , intensive care medicine
While studies have demonstrated higher medium-term mortality for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), mortality and costs have not been characterized for healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP) over a 1-year period.
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