Management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Swiss primary care: Room for improvement

Quality in Primary Care

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 365-373

  Steurer Stey, Claudia ^a,b   Dallalana, Kaba ^a   Jungi, Marc ^c   Rosemann, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MediX Group Practice   (Switzerland)

^c Sanacare Group Practice   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Best practice; Care quality; Chronic care model; COPD; Primary care

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; STANDARD; SWITZERLAND;

BENCHMARKING; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84869030566     PISSN: 14791072     EISSN: 14791064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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