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Economic benefit of a 1-day reduction in hospital stay for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)

C.M. Kozma Independent Consultant and Adjunct Professor University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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M. Dickson College of Pharmacy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
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M.K. Raut Ortho-McNeil Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Raritan, NJ, USA
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S. Mody Ortho-McNeil Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Raritan, NJ, USA
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A.C. Fisher Ortho-McNeil Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Raritan, NJ, USA
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J.R. Schein Ortho-McNeil Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Raritan, NJ, USA
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J.I. Mackowiak Center for Outcomes Research, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Pages 719-727 | Accepted 28 Oct 2010, Published online: 22 Nov 2010

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