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Assessing the healthcare resource use associated with inappropriate prescribing of inhaled corticosteroids for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in GOLD groups A or B: an observational study using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD)

BACKGROUND: Recent recommendations from the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) position inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) for use in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients experiencing exacerbations (≥ 2 or ≥ 1 requiring hospitalisation); i.e. GOLD groups C and...

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Autores principales: Chalmers, James D., Poole, Chris, Webster, Samantha, Tebboth, Abigail, Dickinson, Scott, Gayle, Alicia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5896104/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29642882
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-018-0767-2