Healthcare utilization after a first hospitalization for COPD: a new approach of State Sequence Analysis based on the '6W' multidimensional model of care trajectories

• Main Authors: Alain Vanasse (Author), Josiane Courteau (Author), Mireille Courteau (Author), Mike Benigeri (Author), Yohann M. Chiu (Author), Isabelle Dufour (Author), Simon Couillard (Author), Pierre Larivée (Author), Catherine Hudon (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Published methods to describe and visualize Care Trajectories (CTs) as patterns of healthcare use are very sparse, often incomplete, and not intuitive for non-experts. Our objectives are to propose a typology of CTs one year after a first hospitalization for Chronic Obstructive P...