Posthospital follow-up visits and 30-day readmission rates in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

PURPOSE: To examine the effect of a follow-up visit with a primary care physician and/or pulmonologist within the first 30 days of hospital discharge on readmissions, emergency department (ED) visits, and mortality. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This was a retrospective cohort study of 7,102 unique patients...

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Autores principales: Fidahussein, Salman S, Croghan, Ivana T, Cha, Stephen S, Klocke, David L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2014
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4045257/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24971039
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S62815

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4045257/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24971039
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S62815

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