Substitutive "hospital at home" versus inpatient care for elderly patients with exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A prospective randomized, controlled trial

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 493-500

  Aimonino Ricauda, Nicoletta ^a   Tibaldi, Vittoria ^a,c   Leff, Bruce ^b   Scarafiotti, Carla ^a   Marinello, Renata ^a   Zanocchi, Mauro ^a   Molaschi, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

COPD exacerbation; Elderly; Hospital at home

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; STEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONEY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OXYGEN THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TEAMWORK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40149093371     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01562.x     Document Type: Article

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