title: Response.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care, The University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL. Electronic address: tina.shah@uchospitals.edu.
authors.forename: Tina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care, The University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL.
authors.forename: Matthew M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Churpek
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Science, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
authors.forename: Marcelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coca Perraillon
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Science, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
authors.forename: R Tamara
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Konetzka
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D006278:Medicare / Q000592:standards*; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000628:therapy*