1Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep, Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI.
2Department of Medicine Kent Hospital, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Warwick, RI.
3Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Infectious Diseases Research Program and Center of Innovation in Long Term Services and Supports, Providence, RI.
4University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy, Kingston, RI.
5Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI.
6Consultant retired from the Center for Biostatistics, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
7Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
8Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI.
*See also p. 608.
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Dr. Corl received support for article research from Veterans Affairs Advanced Fellowship Program in Health Services Research and Development. Drs. Caffrey and LaPlante received research funding from Pfizer, Cubist (Merck), and the Medicines Company. Dr. Phillips received funding from Rhode Island Hospital for statistical consulting fees. Dr. LaPlante received support for article research from the National Institutes of Health. The remaining authors have disclosed that they do not have any potential conflicts of interest.
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