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Can healthcare utilization data reliably capture cases of chronic respiratory diseases? a cross-sectional investigation in Italy

BACKGROUND: Healthcare utilization data are increasingly used for chronic disease surveillance. Nevertheless, no standard criteria for estimating prevalence of high-impact diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma, are available. In this study an algorithm for recogni...

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Autores principales: Biffi, A, Comoretto, R, Arfè, A, Scotti, L, Merlino, L, Vaghi, A, Pesci, A, de Marco, R, Corrao, G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5248488/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28103865
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-016-0362-6

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