Abstract
Patterns of health-care use and comorbidities present in patients in the period before diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are unknown. We investigated these factors to inform future case-finding strategies.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 267-276 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | The Lancet Respiratory Medicine |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2014 |
Keywords
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Comorbidity
- Female
- Great Britain
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Prevalence
- Primary Health Care
- Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
- Radiography, Thoracic
- Respiratory Tract Diseases
- Retrospective Studies
- Risk Factors
- Spirometry
- Steroids