Impact of a care pathway for COPD on adherence to guidelines and hospital readmission: a cluster randomized trial

Kris Vanhaecht1 Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leuven Institute for Healthcare Policy, KU Leuven – University of Leuven;2 Department of Quality Management, University Hospitals LeuvenCorrespondence[email protected]

Cathy Lodewijckx1 Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leuven Institute for Healthcare Policy, KU Leuven – University of Leuven

Walter Sermeus1 Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leuven Institute for Healthcare Policy, KU Leuven – University of Leuven

Marc Decramer3 Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, KU Leuven – University of Leuven;4 University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven

Svin Deneckere1 Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leuven Institute for Healthcare Policy, KU Leuven – University of Leuven;5 Medical Department, Delta Hospitals Roeselare, Roeselare, Belgium

Fabrizio Leigheb6 Department of Translational Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont, Vercelli, Italy

Paulo Boto7 Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Centro de Investigação em Saúde Pública, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

Seval Kul8 Department of Biostatistics, School of Medicine, University of Gaziantep, Gaziantep, Turkey

Deborah Seys1 Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leuven Institute for Healthcare Policy, KU Leuven – University of Leuven

Massimiliano Panella1 Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leuven Institute for Healthcare Policy, KU Leuven – University of Leuven;6 Department of Translational Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont, Vercelli, Italy

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Impact of a care pathway for COPD on adherence to guidelines and hospital readmission: a cluster randomized trial

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients and hospitals

Table 2 Results on outcome indicators

Table 3 Two-level mixed-effects regression model

Table 4 Results on process indicators: main level and subcomponent levelTable Footnotea

Table S1 List of participating hospitals that gave ethical approval for this study

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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients and hospitals

Table 2 Results on outcome indicators

Table 3 Two-level mixed-effects regression model

Table 4 Results on process indicators: main level and subcomponent levelTable Footnotea

Table S1 List of participating hospitals that gave ethical approval for this study

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