Community-acquired pneumonia: economics of inpatient medical care vis-à-vis clinical severity,

Objective: To assess the direct and indirect costs of diagnosing and treating community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), correlating those costs with CAP severity at diagnosis and identifying the major cost drivers. Methods: This was a prospective cost analysis study using bottom-up costing. Clinical sever...

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Main Authors: Vojislav Cupurdija, Zorica Lazic, Marina Petrovic, Slavica Mojsilovic, Ivan Cekerevac, Nemanja Rancic, Mihajlo Jakovljevic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2015-02-01
Series:Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-37132015000100048&lng=en&tlng=en