Predictors of hospitalization of tuberculosis patients in Montreal, Canada: a retrospective cohort study
Abstract Background Hospitalization is the most costly health system component of tuberculosis (TB) control programs. Our objectives were to identify how frequently patients are hospitalized, and the factors associated with hospitalizations and length-of-stay (LOS) of TB patients in a large Canadian...
Main Authors: | Lisa A. Ronald, J. Mark FitzGerald, Andrea Benedetti, Jean-François Boivin, Kevin Schwartzman, Gillian Bartlett-Esquilant, Dick Menzies |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2016-11-01
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Series: | BMC Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-016-1997-x |
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