Trends in US Hospital Admissions for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
Using data from the 2000–2004 US Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project National Inpatient Sample, we found that total hospital admissions for skin and soft tissue infections increased by 29% during 2000–2004; admissions for pneumonia were largely unchanged. These results are consistent with recent...
Main Authors: | John Edelsberg, Charu Taneja, Marcus Zervos, Nadia Haque, Carol Moore, Katherine Reyes, James Spalding, Jenny Jiang, Gerry Oster |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2009-09-01
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Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/9/08-1228_article |
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