Emergency department case volume and patient outcomes in acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 656-663

  Tsai, Chu Lin ^a   Delclos, George L ^a   Camargo, Carlos A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DATA BASE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862259892     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2012.01363.x     Document Type: Article

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