Nurse Staffing and 30-day Readmission of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients: A 10-year Retrospective Study of Patient Hospitalization

• Main Authors: Seung Ju Kim, RN (Author), Eun-Cheol Park, MD, PhD (Author), Kyu-Tae Han, BHM (Author), Sun Jung Kim, PhD (Author), Tae Hyun Kim, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Purpose: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of morbidity in many countries, and it has high rate of hospital readmissions due to recurrent exacerbations of the disease. Many previous studies have suggested further examination of the factors that contribute to hospital re...