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Exacerbations and health care resource utilization in patients with airflow limitation diseases attending a primary care setting: the PUMA study

BACKGROUND: COPD, asthma, and asthma–COPD overlap increase health care resource consumption, predominantly because of hospitalization for exacerbations and also increased visits to general practitioners (GPs) or specialists. Little information is available regarding this in the primary care setting....

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Autores principales: Montes de Oca, Maria, Aguirre, Carlos, Lopez Varela, Maria Victorina, Laucho-Contreras, Maria E, Casas, Alejandro, Surmont, Filip
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5153276/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27994446
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S120776