Hospital-at-home for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation: Will it be an effective readmission avoidance model?
Dicle Kaymazİpek CandemirPınar ErgünPervin DemırPublished in: The clinical respiratory journal (2021)
Integrated care services, including home care units where HAH models are performed, are necessary to improve the health of patients with COPD, as well as to better manage their condition in terms of disease burden. Physicians should consider this form of management, especially because there is increasing pressure on inpatient bed requirement in Turkey.
Keyphrases
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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