Implementation of an oxygen therapy clinic to manage users of long-term oxygen therapy

Chest

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1661-1667

  Chaney, John C ^a   Jones, Kevin ^a   Grathwohl, Kurt ^a   Olivier, Kenneth N ^a  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

COPD; Obstructive lung disease; Oxygen therapy; Reimbursement

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME;

EID: 0036433405     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.122.5.1661     Document Type: Article

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