Burden of community-acquired pneumonia, predisposing factors and health-care related costs in patients with cancer

Burden of community-acquired pneumonia, predisposing factors and health-care related costs in patients with cancer

Abstract Background Data on the burden of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and health-care related costs in patients with cancer is scarce. We aimed to estimate the CAP incidence rate, mortality, and healthcare-related costs of CAP patients with different cancer subtypes in Germany. Methods We use...

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Main Authors: Niklas Schmedt, Olivia Denise Heuer, Dennis Häckl, Reiko Sato, Christian Theilacker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Community-acquired pneumonia
Cancer
Epidemiology
Mortality
Germany
Healthcare costs
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-018-3861-8

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