'High-Risk' Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Have a Poor Prognosis and Need to Be Able to Access Palliative Care Services.

To assess the care need of COPD patients who have high risk of recurrent admissions and death. We have collected data prospectively on a group of patients with COPD who have had three or more admissions in the previous year or who have been referred to the COPD multidisciplinary team (MDT) or both