Direct costs of treating community-acquired pneumonia do not necessarily correlate with clinical severity

Vojislav Cupurdija (Kragujevac, Republic of Serbia), Vojislav Cupurdija, Zorica Lazic, Mihajlo Jakovljevic, Marina Petrovic, Slavica Mojsilovic, Ivan Cekerevac, Ljiljana Novkovic, Romana Susa

Source: International Congress 2015 – Patient health gains related to the economic effectiveness of disease management programmes
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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Vojislav Cupurdija (Kragujevac, Republic of Serbia), Vojislav Cupurdija, Zorica Lazic, Mihajlo Jakovljevic, Marina Petrovic, Slavica Mojsilovic, Ivan Cekerevac, Ljiljana Novkovic, Romana Susa. Direct costs of treating community-acquired pneumonia do not necessarily correlate with clinical severity. Eur Respir J 2015; 46: Suppl. 59, 1597

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