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Resource Utilization of Adults Admitted to a Large Urban Hospital With Community-Acquired Pneumonia Caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae: Study Design
Published in Pulmonary Function
All can result in increased hospital length of stay, thereby significantly escalating costs. However, few cost-of-illness studies have attempted to evaluate the economic impact of penicillin susceptibility in patients with CAP caused by S pneumoniae. The primary objective of this study was to determine resource utilization and costs associated with the in-hospital treatment of CAP […]
Resource Utilization of Adults Admitted to a Large Urban Hospital With Community-Acquired Pneumonia Caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae
Published in Pulmonary Function
Pneumonia is the sixth-leading cause of death in the United States and the number-one cause of death from an infectious disease. The subset of patients who acquire pneumonia while not residing in a hospital or long-term care facility for at least 2 weeks before the onset of symptoms are defined as having community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). […]