Impact of community-based chronic obstructive pulmonary disease service, a multidisciplinary intervention in an area of high deprivation: a longitudinal matched controlled study.
Pooja SainiTanith RoseJennifer DowningBashir MatataSamantha PilsworthAllan PembertonTerence ComerfordKeith WilsonMatthew ShawLesley M HarperKonstantinos DarasBenjamin BarrPublished in: BMJ open (2020)
We found limited evidence that the service reduced emergency hospital admissions, after an initial decline the effect was not sustained. The service, however, may have been more effective in some subgroups.