Meeting
Abstract Number: 129
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is the third most common cause of hospital readmission within 30 days of discharge. These readmissions increase the overall healthcare cost burden. We examined the effect of early follow-up visit with patient’s primary care physician (PCP) or pulmonologist on 30-day and 1-year readmission risk. Methods: We constructed an electronic […]