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[Dysphagia] pneumonia vs pneumonitis
--- Janet.finger@kindredhealthcare.com wrote:
>
> I was also informed not too long ago that the
> reimbursement for aspiration pneumonia has become
> higher than other pneumonia types & that
> consequently rates of this diagnosis have increased.
>
*** Never ceases to amaze me what economics can do -
at great cost to the most vulnerable, as always.
Irene.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Allison Bartlett
> [mailto:allison_bartlett@health.qld.gov.au]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 4:09 PM
> To: Dysphagia@b9.com
> Subject: [Dysphagia] pneumonia vs pneumonitis
>
>
> Could somebody please tell me how doctors
> differentiate between pneumonitis and aspiration
> pneumonia? Is a sputum culture required? It seems
> that the doctors where I work label most lung
> changes as aspiration pneumonia, I have never seen
> pneumonitis written in a chart.
> Thanks
>
>
> Allison Bartlett
> Speech Pathologist
> Ipswich Hospital
>
> 07 3810 1308
>
> Allison_Bartlett@heath.qld.gov.au
>
>
>
>
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