People with COPD have high rates of unplanned hospitalisations that are hugely expensive and divert funding from services that could be better provided in the community, a Queensland study has found. The average cost of a hospital stay for people with COPD admitted from emergency department was $8297, according to an analysis of presentations for ...
COPD
COPD hospitalisations place huge burden on EDs
By Michael Woodhead
3 Nov 2020