Determinants of hospital costs in community-acquired pneumonia
- 9 January 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by European Respiratory Society (ERS) in European Respiratory Journal
- Vol. 31 (5), 1061-1067
- https://doi.org/10.1183/09031936.00083107
Abstract
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) has a high incidence and involves an important consumption of healthcare resources. The present authors analysed the influence of comorbidity, initial severity and complications upon the direct costs associated with hospitalised CAP patients.Keywords
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