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We thank Dr Eby for his interest in our article. The first author has 37 years experience working in a large ED and is very familiar with the complexities of making admission decisions. In our paper we go to great lengths to indicate that medical risk of a poor outcome is only one factor to consider, along with many others: "Many nonmedical factors are important in the decision to admit a patient, such as support at home or availability of early followup. We see OCRS as an important tool to help physicians gauge
the medical risk for their patients with COPD, while they determine the need for admission or early follow-up."
Best regards
Ian Stiell