Geographic variation of spirometry use in newly diagnosed COPD

Chest

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-45

  Joo, Min J ^a,d   Lee, Todd A ^a   Weiss, Kevin B ^a,b,c  

^a HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b American Board of Medical Specialties   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d M/C 719 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

COPD; Diagnosis; Health services research; Health care delivery; Process assessment (health care); Quality of health care; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 47549116430     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-0013     Document Type: Article

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