Electronic clinical records in primary care for estimating disease burden and management. An example of COPD

• Main Authors: Luis Verde-Remeseiro (Author), Estrella López-Pardo (Author), Alberto Ruano-Ravina (Author), Francisco Gude-Sampedro (Author), Ramón Castro-Calvo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a significant health problem in developed countries. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of COPD in a single Spanish healthcare area. We also aimed to assess if there are any differences in prevalence and spirometry use among primary care services by u...