The validity of diagnostic support of an asthma/COPD service in primary care

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 57, Issue 544, 2007, Pages 892-896

  Lucas, Annelies ^a   Smeenk, Frank J W M ^c   van Schayck, Onno ^b   Smeele, Ivo ^e,f   Brouwer, Tim ^d  

^a Primary Care Health Care Centre Orion   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d Department of General Practice ^*  (Netherlands)

^e Primary Care Office   (Netherlands)

^f Primary Care COPD Asthma Expert Group   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asthma; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Diagnosis; Primary care; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPIROMETRY; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 35948947002     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/096016407782317883     Document Type: Article

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