Systematic review of humanistic and economic burden of symptomatic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

PharmacoEconomics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 467-488

  Srivastava, Kunal ^a   Thakur, Deepika ^a   Sharma, Sheetal ^a   Punekar, Yogesh Suresh ^b  

^a HERON PVT India   (India)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COST OF ILLNESS; FACTUAL DATABASE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

COST OF ILLNESS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84938288607     PISSN: 11707690     EISSN: 11792027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40273-015-0252-4     Document Type: Review

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