Characterizing and Developing Strategies for the Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia at a Community Hospital

Mark C Fok; Zahra Kanji; Rajesh Mainra; Michael Boldt

doi:10.1155/2002/697424

Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 2002)

Characterizing and Developing Strategies for the Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia at a Community Hospital

Mark C Fok,
Zahra Kanji,
Rajesh Mainra,
Michael Boldt

Affiliations

Mark C Fok: Department of Pharmacy, Lions Gate Hospital, North Shore Health Region, North Vancouver, Canada
Zahra Kanji: Department of Pharmacy and Critical Care, Lions Gate Hospital, North Shore Health Region, North Vancouver, and Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Rajesh Mainra: Department of Respirology, Lions Gate Hospital, North Shore Health Region, North Vancouver, Canada
Michael Boldt: Department of Internal Medicine, Lions Gate Hospital, North Shore Health Region, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2002/697424
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 4
pp. 247 – 252

Abstract

Read online

BACKGROUND: Patients admitted to Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver, British Columbia, with a primary diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) have a mean length of stay (LOS) of 9.1 days compared with 7.9 days for peer group hospitals. This difference of 1.2 days results in an annual potential savings of 406 bed days and warranted an investigation into the management of CAP.

Published in Canadian Respiratory Journal

ISSN: 1198-2241 (Print); 1916-7245 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7503

About the journal