Current care services provided for patients with COPD in the Eastern province in Saudi Arabia: A descriptive study

International Journal of COPD

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 2379-2391

  Alsubaiei, Mohammed E ^a,b   Cafarella, Paul A ^a,b   Frith, Peter A ^a,b   Doug McEvoy, R ^a,b   Effing, Tanja W ^a,b  

^a REPATRIATION GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive; General; Health services; Hospitals; Pulmonary disease; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; PULMONOLOGIST; RESPIRATORY THERAPIST; SAUDI ARABIA; SPIROMETRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY CARE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RESPIRATORY CARE UNITS; RESPIRATORY THERAPY; SAUDI ARABIA; SPIROMETRY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84946830559     PISSN: 11769106     EISSN: 11782005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/COPD.S89456     Document Type: Article

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