The use of healthcare resources in the last 3 years of life in patients with COPD and lung cancer in Denmark. A retrospective nationwide study

BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 146-151

  Husted, Marie Gade ^a   Kriegbaum, Margit ^b   Kirkegaard, Nicolai ^a   Lange, Peter ^b,c  

^a Danish Pharmaceutical Association   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

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EID: 84936989219     PISSN: 2045435X     EISSN: 20454368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2013-000601     Document Type: Article

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