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A US database study characterizing patients initiating a budesonide–formoterol combination versus tiotropium bromide as initial maintenance therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

OBJECTIVE: To compare clinical and demographic characteristics, resource utilization and costs of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients prior to initiating budesonide–formoterol combination (BFC) or tiotropium-maintenance therapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross-sectional study use...

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Autores principales: Kern, David M, Williams, Setareh A, Tunceli, Ozgur, Wessman, Catrin, Zhou, Siting, Pethick, Ned, Elhefni, Hanaa, Trudo, Frank
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4111649/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25071369
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S64491