To the Editor: A seminal 1997 article by Fine et al described the pneumonia severity score from the Pneumonia Patient Outcomes Research Team study and raised the role for Hospital in the Home (HIH):
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- Hospital in the Home Unit, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC.
Correspondence: michael.montalto@mh.org.au
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