Comorbidity and thirty-day hospital readmission odds in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a comparison of the Charlson and Elixhauser comorbidity indices

BACKGROUND: Readmissions following exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are prevalent and costly. Multimorbidity is common in COPD and understanding how comorbidity influences readmission risk will enable health systems to manage these complex patients. OBJECTIVES: We compar...

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Autores principales: Buhr, Russell G., Jackson, Nicholas J., Kominski, Gerald F., Dubinett, Steven M., Ong, Michael K., Mangione, Carol M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6794890/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31615508
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4549-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6794890/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31615508
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4549-4

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