Jahanihashemi H, et al. - In this cross-sectional study, researchers inspected the socioeconomic and medical risk factors exerting an impact on the prognosis of acute pneumonia in subjects admitted to a tertiary teaching hospital with a diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in a 12 month period. It was determined that numerous factors could affect the prognosis of CAP. Along with CURB-65 score and some other medical risk factors, socioeconomic backgrounds could affect the early outcome in CAP. Findings reported that being in the lower economic class (as an indicator of poverty) served as an independent risk factor for a poor prognosis in CAP.