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Management of COPD in the UK primary-care setting: an analysis of real-life prescribing patterns
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- info:eu-repo/semantics/article
- COPD
- UK primary-care setting
- bronchodilator
- inhaled corticosteroid
- prescribing pattern
- Administration, Inhalation
- Adrenal Cortex Hormone
- Adrenergic beta-2 Receptor Agonist
- Adult
- Aged
- Bronchodilator Agent
- Databases, Factual
- Drug Prescription
- Drug Therapy, Combination
- Drug Utilization Review
- Female
- Great Britain
- Guideline Adherence
- Human
- Lung
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Muscarinic Antagonist
- Practice Guidelines as Topic
- Practice Patterns, Physicians'
- Primary Health Care
- Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
- Retrospective Studie
- Severity of Illness Index
- Spirometry
- State Medicine
- Time Factor
- Treatment Outcome