Readmission in COPD patients: should we consider it a marker of quality of care or a marker of a more severe disease with a worse prognosis?

Hartl, Sylvia, Lopez-Campos, Jose Luis

Source: Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 281-282
Journal Issue: July
Disease area: Airway diseases

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