Open AccessReduction of Hospital Utilization in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease<subtitle>A Disease-Specific Self-management Intervention</subtitle>
Author(s) -
Jean Bourbeau
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.163.5.585
Subject(s) - medicine , exacerbation , copd , psychological intervention , randomized controlled trial , emergency medicine , emergency department , physical therapy , pulmonary disease , quality of life (healthcare) , self management , disease management , intervention (counseling) , disease , nursing , machine learning , computer science , parkinson's disease
Self-management interventions improve various outcomes for many chronic diseases. The definite place of self-management in the care of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has not been established. We evaluated the effect of a continuum of self-management, specific to COPD, on the use of hospital services and health status among patients with moderate to severe disease.