Improving quality of care among COPD outpatients in Denmark 2008-2011

Clinical Respiratory Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 319-327

  Tøttenborg, Sandra Søgaard ^a   Thomsen, Reimar Wernich ^b   Nielsen, Henrik ^b   Johnsen, Søren Paaske ^b   Frausing Hansen, Ejvind ^c   Lange, Peter ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Outpatients; Processes of care; Registries; Treatment and care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DENMARK; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; REGISTRATION; SMOKING CESSATION;

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE; OUTPATIENTS; PROCESSES OF CARE; REGISTRIES; TREATMENT AND CARE;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84884816450     PISSN: 17526981     EISSN: 1752699X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/crj.12009     Document Type: Article

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