Identifying and characterizing COPD patients in US managed care. A retrospective, cross-sectional analysis of administrative claims data

BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the fourth leading cause of death among US adults and is projected to be the third by 2020. In anticipation of the increasing burden imposed on healthcare systems and payers by patients with COPD, a means of identifying COPD patients who in...

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Autores principales: Mapel, Douglas W, Dutro, Michael P, Marton, Jenő P, Woodruff, Kimberly, Make, Barry
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3050697/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21345188
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-11-43

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3050697/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21345188
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-11-43

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