Population-based incidence and mortality of community-acquired pneumonia in Germany.
<h4>Background</h4>Little information on the current burden of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in adults in Germany is available.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a retrospective cohort study using a representative healthcare claims database of approx. 4 million adults to estim...
Main Authors: | Christian Theilacker, Ralf Sprenger, Friedhelm Leverkus, Jochen Walker, Dennis Häckl, Christof von Eiff, Julia Schiffner-Rohe |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2021-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253118 |
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