Association between continuity of care and emergency department visits and hospitalization in senior adults with asthma-COPD overlap

Yu-Hsiang Kao, Tung-Sung Tseng, Yee-Yung Ng and Shiao-Chi Wu

Health Policy, 2019, vol. 123, issue 2, 222-228

Abstract: To investigate associations between continuity of care (COC) and emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalization for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma among elderly adults with asthma-COPD overlap (ACO).

Keywords: Elderly adults; Asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap; Continuity of care; Emergency department; Hospitalization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2018.11.005

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