Processes of care, illness severity, and outcomes in the management of community-acquired pneumonia at academic hospitals.

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Published in Arch Intern Med on September 24, 2001

Authors

J Dedier1, D E Singer, Y Chang, M Moore, S J Atlas

Author Affiliations

1: Section of General Internal Medicine Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, 91 E Concord St, Suite 200, Boston, MA 02118-2393, USA. jdedier@bu.edu

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