Utilization of diagnostic tools and health care services for obstructive lung disease in Norway 1995-2004;Utvikling i diagnostisering og helsetjenesteforbruk ved obstruktiv lungesykdom

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 128, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 2431-2434

  Haugan, Tommy ^a   Bakken, Inger Johanne ^a   Storrø, Ola ^b   Øien, Torbjørn ^b   Langhammer, Arnulf ^b  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRESCRIPTION; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ADMISSION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SPIROMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56549117126     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: 08077096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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