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Despite the availability of national and international guidelines, evidence suggests that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) treatment is not always prescribed according to recommendations. This study evaluated the current management of patients with COPD using a large UK primary-care database.

Management of COPD in the UK primary-care setting: an analysis of real-life prescribing patterns

ROSSI, ANDREA;
2014-01-01

Abstract

Despite the availability of national and international guidelines, evidence suggests that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) treatment is not always prescribed according to recommendations. This study evaluated the current management of patients with COPD using a large UK primary-care database.
2014
COPD; UK primary-care setting; bronchodilators; inhaled corticosteroids; prescribing patterns; Administration, Inhalation; Adrenal Cortex Hormones; Adrenergic beta-2 Receptor Agonists; Adult; Aged; Bronchodilator Agents; Databases, Factual; Drug Prescriptions; Drug Therapy, Combination; Drug Utilization Review; Female; Great Britain; Guideline Adherence; Humans; Lung; Male; Middle Aged; Muscarinic Antagonists; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Practice Patterns, Physicians'; Primary Health Care; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive; Retrospective Studies; Severity of Illness Index; Spirometry; State Medicine; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome
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