Do spirometry and regular follow-up improve health outcomes in general practice patients with asthma or COPD? A cluster randomised controlled trial

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 104-109

  Abramson, Michael J ^a   Schattner, Rosa L ^a   Sulaiman, Nabil D ^b   Birch, Kate E ^a   Simpson, Pam P ^a   Del Colle, Eleonora A ^c   Aroni, Rosalie A ^a   Wolfe, Rory ^a   Thien, Francis C K ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Pulmetrics Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^d BOX HILL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL COMPONENT SUMMARY SCORE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL COMPONENT SUMMARY SCORE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOM;

EID: 77955750929     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03817.x     Document Type: Article

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