title: Community care assessment of exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Epidemiology and Health Service Evaluation Unit, Melbourne Health & Department of Medicine (Northern), The University of Melbourne, Australia. anastasia.hutchinson@mh.org.au
authors.forename: Anastasia F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Hutchinson
authors.forename: Michelle A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Caroline A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Brand
authors.forename: Jim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: Gary P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Louis B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Irving
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D003153:Community Health Services; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D018450:Disease Progression; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000150:complications; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D018579:Patient Selection; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000175:diagnosis; D012720:Severity of Illness Index