title: Readmission in COPD patients: should we consider it a marker of quality of care or a marker of a more severe disease with a worse prognosis?
authors.affiliation: Dept of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Respiratory Disease and Lung Function Unit, University of Parma, Parma, Italy ernesto.crisafulli@unipr.it.
authors.forename: Ernesto
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Crisafulli
authors.affiliation: Respiratory Dept, Clinic Institute of Respiratory (ICR), Hospital Clinic of Barcelona - Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Agusti Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) - CIBERES - University of Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Mónica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guerrero
authors.affiliation: Dept of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Respiratory Disease and Lung Function Unit, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chetta
authors.affiliation: Respiratory Dept, Clinic Institute of Respiratory (ICR), Hospital Clinic of Barcelona - Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Agusti Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) - CIBERES - University of Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Antoni
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Torres
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers; D006801:Humans; D010359:Patient Readmission; D011379:Prognosis; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive; D011787:Quality of Health Care
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers