title: Reading between the COPD audits: have current GOLD standards lost their lustre?
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Christchurch Hospital, PO Box 4345, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand. Lutz.Beckert@cdhb.health.nz.
authors.forename: Catherina L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Hancox
authors.forename: Lutz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Beckert
mesh_terms: D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000503:physiopathology*