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- Title
Review: Hospital-at-home care does not increase mortalityor readmission rates in acute exacerbations of COPD: COMMENTARY.
- Authors
Jacobs, Michael B.
- Abstract
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common illness that is costly to treat, especially when hospitalization is required for acute exacerbations. Total estimated costs in 1993 in the United States were $24 billion; 60% of these costs were directly related to hospital-based care. Given the good bioavailability of oral agents used to treat this condition with antibiotics and corticosteroids and the effectiveness of other, easy-to-administer therapies, out-of-hospital treatment of acutely ill patients with COPD should be feasible.
- Subjects
OBSTRUCTIVE lung disease treatment; ADRENOCORTICAL hormones; HORMONE therapy; HOSPITAL care; INPATIENT care; HOSPITAL emergency services; CLINICAL trials
- Publication
ACP Journal Club, 2004, Vol 140, Issue 3, p59
- ISSN
1056-8751
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7326/acpjc-2004-140-3-059