Geographic disparities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) hospitalization among Medicare beneficiaries in the United States

BACKGROUND: Hospitalizations for persons with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) result in significant health care resource use and excess expenditures. Despite well-documented sociodemographic disparities in COPD outcomes, no study has characterized geographic variations in COPD hospitali...

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Auteurs principaux: Holt, James B, Zhang, Xingyou, Presley-Cantrell, Letitia, Croft, Janet B
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: Dove Medical Press 2011
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3119107/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21697996
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S19945
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