Outpatient follow-up visit and 30-day emergency department visit and readmission in patients hospitalized for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Sharma, Gulshan; Kuo, Yong-Fang; L Freeman, Jean; D Zhang, Dong; S Goodwin, James

doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2010.345

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Outpatient follow-up visit and 30-day emergency department visit and readmission in patients hospitalized for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

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Authors:

Gulshan Sharma

Yong-Fang Kuo

Jean L Freeman

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Readmissions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are common and costly. We examined the effect of early follow-up visit with patient's primary care physician (PCP) or pulmonologist following acute hospitalization on the 30-day risk of an emergency department (ER...

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