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SUBMITTER: Vestjens SMT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6305565 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vestjens Stefan M T SMT Wittermans Esther E Spoorenberg Simone M C SMC Grutters Jan C JC van Ruitenbeek Charlotte A CA Voorn G Paul GP Bos Willem Jan W WJW van de Garde Ewoudt M W EMW
Pneumonia (Nathan Qld.) 20181225
<h4>Background</h4>Utilization of diagnostics and biomarkers are the second largest cost drivers in the management of patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). The present study aimed to systematically assess the inter-hospital variation in these cost drivers in relation to antibiotic use in CAP.<h4>Methods</h4>Detailed resource utilization data from 300 patients who participated in a multicenter placebo-controlled trial investigating dexamethasone as adjunctive treatment fo ...[more]