Continuity of care and avoidable hospitalizations for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 222-230

  Lin, I Po ^a,b   Wu, Shiao Chi ^a   Huang, Shu Tzu ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ORIENTAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Continuity of care; Hospitalization

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; VERY ELDERLY; FOLLOW UP; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; ODDS RATIO; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

AGED; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; ODDS RATIO; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84928993014     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2015.02.140141     Document Type: Article

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