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Intern Med J
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Internal medicine journal · Oct 2020
Respiratory acute discharge service: a hospital in the home programme for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations (RADS study).
Respiratory Acute Discharge Service (RADS) is a novel early discharge service with nurse-led community based recovery in selected patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. ⋯ Early supported discharge care model with nurse-led community based recovery after an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in selected patients is safe, and has the potential to provide greater flow through the hospital systems with cost effective care.