Understanding variation in length of hospital stay for COPD exacerbation: European COPD audit

Mamta Ruparel, Jose Luis López-Campos, Ady Castro-Acosta, Sylvia Hartl, Francisco Pozo-Rodriguez, C. Michael Roberts, on behalf of the European COPD Audit

Source: ERJ Open Res 2016
Journal Issue: March
Disease area: Airway diseases

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