(Cost)-effectiveness of self-treatment of exacerbations on the severity of exacerbations in patients with COPD: The COPE II study

Thorax

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 956-962

  Effing, T ^a,b   Kerstjens, H ^c   Van Der Valk, P ^a   Zielhuis, G ^d   Van Der Palen, J ^a,e  

^a MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b REPATRIATION GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 72549086564     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2008.112243     Document Type: Article

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