Hospital readmissions for COPD: A retrospective longitudinal study

npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Harries, Timothy H ^a   Thornton, Hannah ^b   Crichton, Siobhan ^a   Schofield, Peter ^a   Gilkes, Alexander ^a   White, Patrick T ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

AGED; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONDON; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85018258947     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20551010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41533-017-0028-8     Document Type: Article

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