Economic evaluation of a community-based pulmonary rehabilitation program for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 187-196

  Golmohammadi, Kamran ^a   Jacobs, Philip ^a,b   Sin, Don D ^a,c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF HEALTH ECONOMICS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c The James Hogg iCAPTURE Centre for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

COPD; Cost effectiveness; Economic analysis; Pulmonary rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING EXERCISE; CANADA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELAXATION TRAINING;

EID: 3242749772     PISSN: 03412040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00408-004-3110-2     Document Type: Article

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