Psychosocial risk factors for hospital readmission in COPD patients on early discharge services: a cohort study

BACKGROUND: Hospital readmission for acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD) occurs in up to 30% of patients, leading to excess morbidity and poor survival. Physiological risk factors predict readmission, but the impact of modifiable psychosocial risk factors remains uncertain. We aimed to evaluate whet...

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Main Authors: Coventry, Peter A, Gemmell, Isla, Todd, Christopher J
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2011
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3217878/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22054636
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-11-49
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