Apparent Increase in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Mortality Is Likely an Artifact of Changes in Documentation and Coding
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
.
2021 Mar 1;203(5):647-649.
doi: 10.1164/rccm.202009-3697LE.
Authors
Peter K Lindenauer
1
,
Huihui Yu
2
,
Jacqueline Grady
3
,
Karen Dorsey
2
,
Elizabeth W Triche
3
Affiliations
1
University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate Springfield, Massachusetts.
2
Yale University New Haven, Connecticut and.
3
Yale-New Haven Health New Haven, Connecticut.
PMID:
33166177
PMCID:
PMC7924577
DOI:
10.1164/rccm.202009-3697LE
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
Comment
MeSH terms
Artifacts*
Documentation
Humans
Patient Readmission
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive*
Grants and funding
UL1 TR001863/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States