Posthospital follow-up visits and 30-day readmission rates in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Risk Management and Healthcare Policy

Volumn 7, Issue , 2014, Pages 105-112

  Fidahussein, Salman S ^a   Croghan, Ivana T ^b   Cha, Stephen S ^b   Klocke, David L ^b  

^a NORWALK HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Care transitions; COPD; Discharge planning; Outpatient follow up; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VALIDITY;

EID: 84901677128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/RMHP.S62815     Document Type: Article

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