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Pneumonia Pathogen Characterization Is an Independent Determinant of Hospital Readmission

BACKGROUND: Hospital readmissions for pneumonia occur often and are difficult to predict. For fiscal year 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services readmission penalties have been applied to acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia. However, the overall impact of pneumo...

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Autores principales: Andruska, Adam, Micek, Scott T., Shindo, Yuichiro, Hampton, Nicholas, Colona, Brian, McCormick, Sandra, Kollef, Marin H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The American College of Chest Physicians. Published by Elsevier Inc. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7127757/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25429607
http://dx.doi.org/10.1378/chest.14-2129