Reducing COPD readmissions great promise but big problems

Chest

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1199-1201

  Mannino, David M ^a   Thomashow, Byron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAID; NUTRITION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HUMANS; PATIENT READMISSION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84929471046     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.15-0380     Document Type: Editorial

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