Comorbidities as a driver of the excess costs of community-acquired pneumonia in U.S. commercially-insured working age adults

• Prif Awduron: Polsky Daniel (Awdur), Bonafede Machaon (Awdur), Suaya Jose A (Awdur)
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Adults with certain comorbid conditions have a higher risk of pneumonia than the overall population. If treatment of pneumonia is more costly in certain predictable situations, this would affect the value proposition of populations f...