Burden of ambulatory visits and antibiotic prescribing patterns for adults with community-acquired pneumonia in the United States, 1998 through 2009

JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Sep;174(9):1520-2. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.3456.

Authors

Jonathan M Wortham¹, Daniel J Shapiro², Adam L Hersh³, Lauri A Hicks¹

Affiliations

¹ National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Respiratory Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
² medical student at School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
³ Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.

PMID: 25070593
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.3456

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Ambulatory Care / statistics & numerical data*
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Community-Acquired Infections / drug therapy
Community-Acquired Infections / epidemiology
Female
Guideline Adherence
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pneumonia / drug therapy*
Pneumonia / epidemiology
Practice Patterns, Physicians' / statistics & numerical data*
United States / epidemiology

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents