Organizational practices affecting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease readmissions

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 195, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1269-1272

  Rinne, Seppo T ^a   Hebert, Paul L ^a   Wong, Edwin S ^a   Au, David H ^a   Bastian, Lori A ^a   Nembhard, Ingrid M ^b   Neely, Emily L ^a   Sulc, Christine A ^a   Liu, Chuan Fen ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VETERAN; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SELF CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT READMISSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SELF CARE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 85018954991     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201609-1783LE     Document Type: Letter

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