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Antibiotic Prescribing for Acute Respiratory Infection and Subsequent Outpatient and Hospital Utilization in Veterans With Spinal Cord Injury and Disorder

  • Charlesnika T. Evans, MPH, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care, Spinal Cord Injury Quality Enhancement Research Initiative, Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital (151H), 5th Avenue and Roosevelt Road, P.O. Box 5000, Room D302, Hines; and Institute for Healthcare Studies, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL†
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to C.T.E.
    • ,
  • Keran Li, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of VA, Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care, Spinal Cord Injury Quality Enhancement Research Initiative, Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Hines; and Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL‡
    • ,
  • Stephen P. Burns, MD

      Affiliations

    • VA Puget Sound Health Care System and University of Washington, Seattle, WA§
    • ,
  • Bridget Smith, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of VA, Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care, Spinal Cord Injury Quality Enhancement Research Initiative, Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Hines; and Institute for Healthcare Studies, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
    • ,
  • Todd A. Lee, PharmD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of VA, Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care, Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Hines; and University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL∥
    • ,
  • Frances M. Weaver, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of VA, Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care, Spinal Cord Injury Quality Enhancement Research Initiative, Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Hines; Institute for Healthcare Studies, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago; and Department of Neurology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL#

Received 20 August 2009 ,Accepted 4 November 2009.

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 Supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Research and Development, Health Services Research and Development Service Locally Initiated Project (LIP 42-503), and the Paralyzed Veterans of America Research Foundation (Project #2562).

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doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2009.11.002

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