The importance of having good quality indicators for care of patients with COPD: a look at hospital readmission rates

• मुख्य लेखकों: Michal Shani (लेखक), Doron Comaneshter (लेखक), Michael J. Segel (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: BMC, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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Abstract Background Readmission after hospitalization for acute COPD exacerbation (AE-COPD) has been proposed as a healthcare quality indicator (QI) in Israel. We studied patients hospitalized for AE-COPD, towards determining whether AE-COPD readmission is an appropriate national QI in order to impr...