Burden of COPD in a government health care system: a retrospective observational study using data from the US Veterans Affairs population

BACKGROUND: Health care utilization and costs among US veterans with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were compared with those in veterans without COPD. METHODS: A cohort of veterans with COPD was matched for age, sex, race, and index fiscal year to a cohort of veterans without COPD (con...

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Autores principales: Sharafkhaneh, Amir, Petersen, Nancy J, Yu, Hong-Jen, Dalal, Anand A, Johnson, Michael L, Hanania, Nicola A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2866562/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20461144

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