Reducing hospital admissions and improving the diagnosis of COPD in Southampton City: Methods and results of a 12-month service improvement project

npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Wilkinson, Tom ^a,b   North, Mal ^a   Bourne, Simon C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; REGISTER; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; EVALUATION STUDY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; HUMANS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84907316972     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20551010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npjpcrm.2014.35     Document Type: Article

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