Factors influencing the length of hospital stay among patients resident in Blackpool admitted with COPD: A cross-sectional study

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Agboado, Gabriel ^a   Peters, Jonathan ^b   Donkin, Lynn ^b  

^a Wandsworth Public Health Department   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS Blackpool   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84866393274     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-000869     Document Type: Article

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