Microbial aetiology, outcomes, and costs of hospitalisation for community-acquired pneumonia; an observational analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical outcome and especially costs of hospitalisation for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in relation to microbial aetiology. This knowledge is indispensable to estimate cost-effectiveness of new strategies aiming to prevent and/or improve clinical outcome of CAP.

Methods

We performed our observational analysis in a cohort of 505 patients hospitalised with confirmed CAP between 2004 and 2010. Hospital administrative databases were extracted for all resource utilisation on a patient level. Resource items were grouped in seven categories: general ward nursing, nursing on ICU, clinical chemistry laboratory tests, microbiology exams, radiology exams, medication drugs, and other.linear regression analyses were conducte

SUBMITTER: Spoorenberg SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4078020 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature