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The number of hospital readmissions among people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) rose by almost a third from 2008 to 2014, an analysis has shown.1 The latest National COPD… Click to show full abstract
The number of hospital readmissions among people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) rose by almost a third from 2008 to 2014, an analysis has shown.1 The latest National COPD Audit Programme report from the Royal College of Physicians showed that, in 2014, 43% of patients in England who were admitted for hospital treatment of COPD were readmitted at least once in the three months after discharge. This represents a considerable increase from the 33% readmission rate reported in the last audit in 2008.2 The college said that the current system was failing COPD …
Journal Title: British Medical Journal
Year Published: 2017
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