Improvement of Process‐of‐Care and Outcomes after Implementing a Guideline for the Management of Community‐Acquired Pneumonia: A Controlled Before‐and‐After Design Study
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- 1 October 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 39 (7) , 955-963
- https://doi.org/10.1086/423960
Abstract
Background. Studies investigating the impact of guideline implementation for inpatient management of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) usually haveKeywords
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