Uptake of pulmonary rehabilitation in New Zealand by people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in 2009

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 1348, 2012, Pages 23-33

  Levack, William M M ^a   Weatherall, Mark ^a   Reeve, Julie C ^b   Mans, Christina ^c   Mauro, Antonia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^c WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEW ZEALAND; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84856004307     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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