A care-bundles approach to improving standard of care in AECOPD admissions: Results of a national project

Thorax

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 992-994

  Turner, A M ^a,b   Lim, W S ^c   Rodrigo, C ^c   Welham, S A ^d   Calvert, J M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH THORACIC SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

^e NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARE BUNDLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED KINGDOM; ACUTE DISEASE; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE BUNDLES; PILOT PROJECTS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; STANDARD OF CARE; WALES;

EID: 84942119111     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-206833     Document Type: Article

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