PICO terms
| Participants/population | Patients with AECOPD |
| Intervention | Intervention or improvement related to AECOPD model of care, or care pathway, or care management at presentation, admission or discharge |
| Context | Acute hospital setting or service delivery by acute healthcare team |
| Outcomes | Standardisation of admission or discharge processes or reduction of unnecessary admissions/readmissions |
AECOPD, acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; PICO, population, intervention(s), context and outcomes.