Socioeconomic variations in use of prescription medicines for COPD: A register-based study

Respiratory Care

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 943-949

  Jacobsen, Ramune ^a   Ekholm, Ola ^b   Rasmussen, Niels K ^c   Hansen, Ebba Holme ^c   Frølich, Anne ^a  

^a FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bronchodilators; COPD; Denmark; Elderly; Medicine; Registries; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATION; ETHICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE; PRESCRIPTION; REGISTER; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY; DENMARK; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; DENMARK; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REGISTRIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84977138418     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: 19433654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4187/respcare.04335     Document Type: Article

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