Disease management program for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomized controlled trial.

KL, Rice; N, Dewan; HE, Bloomfield; J, Grill; TM, Schult; DB, Nelson; S, Kumari; M, Thomas; LJ, Geist; C, Beaner; M, Caldwell; DE, Niewoehner

doi:10.1164/rccm.200910-1579oc

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Disease management program for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomized controlled trial.

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Rice KL

Dewan N

Bloomfield HE

Abstract

Rationale The effect of disease management for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is not well established.Objectives To determine whether a simplified disease management program reduces hospital admissions and emergency department (ED) visits due to COPD.Methods We performed a randomized, ...

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