Hospital-acquired pneumonia and community-acquired pneumonia: two guys?
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Community acquired pneumonia and direct hospital cost.
In Turkey, there is inadequate data about the direct or indirect cost of community acquired pneumonia (CAP). This study aims to identify the clinical, laboratory, and radiological properties, direct hospital costs of CAP, and the factors that affect these costs. Grouping of the subjects and cost analysis were evaluated in accordance with Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI) and 'Turkish Thoracic Soci...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Translational Medicine
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2305-5839,2305-5847
DOI: 10.21037/atm.2016.10.10