Distribution of hospital resources use and post-hospital orientation and outcome
| Treatment characteristics | Oral levofloxacin | Sequential treatment | p-value |
| Patients n | 77 | 37 | |
| Hospital length of stay days | 9.8±11.0 | 9.8±6.3 | 0.181 |
| Antibiotics treatment duration days | 12.1±8.7 | 13.5±3.6 | 0.230 |
| Rehabilitation | |||
| Number of patients | 17(22) | 11(30) | |
| Length of stay days | 25.5±14.8 | 17.3±7.1 | 0.074 |
| Outpatient care | |||
| Number of patients | 76(100) | 35(100) | |
| Physician visits | 1.2±1.1 | 0.8±0.8 | 0.078 |
| Respiratory therapist visits | 0.1±0.8 | 0.2±0.8 | 0.459 |
| Chest radiographs | 0.2±0.4 | 0.2±0.5 | 0.931 |
| Inability to work | |||
| Number of patients | 15(19.5) | 5(13.5) | |
| Days off work | 21.0±7.9 | 21.6±10.2 | 0.752 |
Data are presented as n, mean±sd and n (%) unless otherwise stated