European COPD Audit: Design, organisation of work and methodology

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 270-276

  López Campos, Jose Luis ^a,b   Hartl, Sylvia ^d   Pozo Rodriguez, Francisco ^b,c   Roberts, C Michael ^e  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^d LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Clinical audit; Exacerbation; Hospital admission; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EUROPE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STUDY DESIGN;

CLINICAL AUDIT; EUROPE; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY MEDICINE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873370840     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00021812     Document Type: Article

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