COPD health care in Sweden - A study in primary and secondary care

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 404-411

  Löfdahl, Claes Göran ^a   Tilling, Björn ^b   Ekström, Tommy ^c   Jörgensen, Leif ^c   Johansson, Gunnar ^d   Larsson, Kjell ^e  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Health Care Centre   (Sweden)

^c ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asthma COPD nurse; COPD; Exacerbation; Health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETITIAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY MEDICAL CARE; SPIROMETRY; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPIROMETRY; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76649135144     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2009.10.007     Document Type: Article

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