title: Response.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gavish
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: Amalia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Levy
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Beer-Sheva, Israel; Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: Kalchiem
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dekel
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Beer-Sheva, Israel; Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: Erez
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Karp
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonology, Beer-Sheva, Israel; Department of Pulmonology, Beer-Sheva, Israel; Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel. Electronic address: nimrod@bgu.ac.il.
authors.forename: Nimrod
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Maimon
mesh_terms: D000359:Aftercare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000628:therapy*; D015272:Pulmonary Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*