The UK experience of COPD national audit

Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 498-500

  Michael Roberts, C ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EDITORIAL; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

AMBULATORY CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EUROPEAN UNION; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84868311740     PISSN: 08677077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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