Spirometry utilization for COPD: How do we measure up?

Chest

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 403-409

  Han, MeiLan K ^a,f   Min, Gayles Kim ^d   Mardon, Russell ^e   Renner, Phil ^d   Sullivan, Sean ^b   Diette, Gregory B ^c   Martinez, Fernando J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE   (United States)

^e WESTAT   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

COPD; Gender; Insurance; Lung function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; SPIROMETRY UTILIZATION;

EID: 34548045341     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.06-2846     Document Type: Article

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