Disparities of Care for African-Americans and Caucasians with Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Retrospective Cohort Study

BACKGROUND: African-Americans admitted to U.S. hospitals with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) are more likely than Caucasians to experience prolonged hospital length of stay (LOS), possibly due to either differential treatment decisions or patient characteristics. METHODS: We assessed association...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Frei, Christopher R, Mortensen, Eric M, Copeland, Laurel A, Attridge, Russell T, Pugh, Mary Jo V, Restrepo, Marcos I, Anzueto, Antonio, Nakashima, Brandy, Fine, Michael J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
Materias:
Research article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2890642/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20507628
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-10-143

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2890642/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20507628
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-10-143

Ejemplares similares