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Geographic disparities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) hospitalization among Medicare beneficiaries in the United States

BACKGROUND: Hospitalizations for persons with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) result in significant health care resource use and excess expenditures. Despite well-documented sociodemographic disparities in COPD outcomes, no study has characterized geographic variations in COPD hospitali...

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Autores principales: Holt, James B, Zhang, Xingyou, Presley-Cantrell, Letitia, Croft, Janet B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3119107/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21697996
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S19945