Associations between outpatient care and later hospital admissions for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - a registry study from Norway

• Auteurs principaux: Tron Anders Moger (Auteur), Jon Helgheim Holte (Auteur), Olav Amundsen (Auteur), Silje Bjørnsen Haavaag (Auteur), Anne Edvardsen (Auteur), Line Kildal Bragstad (Auteur), Ragnhild Hellesø (Auteur), Trond Tjerbo (Auteur), Nina Køpke Vøllestad (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: BMC, 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Although chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) admissions put a substantial burden on hospitals, most of the patients' contacts with health services are in outpatient care. Traditionally, outpatient care has been difficult to capture in population-based samples. In th...