Understanding variation in length of hospital stay for COPD exacerbation: European COPD audit

ERJ Open Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Ruparel, Mamta ^a   López Campos, Jose Luis ^b,c   Castro Acosta, Ady ^c,d   Hartl, Sylvia ^e   Pozo Rodriguez, Francisco ^c,d   Roberts, C Michael ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^e OTTO WAGNER HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^f QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85016325825     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23120541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00034-2015     Document Type: Article

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