Survey of early discharge schemes from the 2003 UK National COPD Audit
| Autor: | Michael Pearson, Kathryn Anstey, Simon J. Quantrill, Harold S.R. Hosker, C Michael Roberts, Derek Lowe |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine medicine.medical_specialty Pulmonary disease Audit Patient Readmission Pulmonary Disease Chronic Obstructive Humans COPD Delivery of health care Medicine Routine clinical practice Early discharge Aged Medical Audit business.industry Accident and emergency Length of Stay Middle Aged Prognosis medicine.disease Patient Discharge United Kingdom Surgery Hospitalization Clinical Practice Clinical trial Models Organizational Acute Disease Emergency medicine Female Health Services Research business |
| Zdroj: | Respiratory Medicine. 101:1026-1031 |
| ISSN: | 0954-6111 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.rmed.2006.08.022 |
| Popis: | SummaryBackgroundEarly discharge for patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) has been shown to be effective by clinical trials. To evaluate its implementation and efficacy in clinical practice, data concerning early discharge schemes (EDS) from the 2003 National COPD Audit were collected and analysed.MethodsAll acute Trusts in the UK were surveyed in Autumn 2003 by two means: one a questionnaire relating to organisation of care and second an audit of 40 clinical cases admitted with AECOPD.ResultsData were available for both organisation of care and clinical activity for 233 units, of which 103 (44%) had EDS. Models of care included admission prevention in the accident and emergency department (5%), rapid discharge in |
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