Resource use by patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia in Europe: analysis of the REACH study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Management of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) places a considerable burden on hospital resources. REACH was a retrospective, observational study (NCT01293435) involving adults ≥18 years old hospitalized with CAP and requiring in-hospital treatment with intravenous antibiotics conducted to collect data on current clinical management patterns and resource use for CAP in hospitals in ten European countries.

Methods

Data were collected via electronic Case Report Forms detailing patient and disease characteristics, microbiological diagnosis, treatments before and during hospitalization, clinical outcomes and health resource consumption.

Results

Patients with initial antibiotic treatment modification (n = 589; 28.9%) had a longer mean hospital stay than those

SUBMITTER: Ostermann H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3945058 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature