Statement on home care for patients with respiratory disorders

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1443-1464

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ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; COLISTIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DIURETIC AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; PROSTACYCLIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; ASTHMA; BRONCHIECTASIS; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DYSPNEA; FIRST AID; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HOME CARE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOVENTILATION; LUNG CANCER; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 20444410723     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.2504001     Document Type: Review

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