The association between hospital readmission and pulmonologist follow-up visits in patients with COPD

Chest

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 375-381

  Gavish, Rachel ^a   Levy, Amalia ^a   Dekel, Or Kalchiem ^a,b   Karp, Erez ^a,b   Maimon, Nimrod ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PULMONOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; AFTERCARE; DISEASE COURSE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFTERCARE; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY MEDICINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84939250803     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.14-1453     Document Type: Article

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