Case-finding and improving patient outcomes for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary care: the BLISS research programme including cluster RCT

• Main Authors: Peymané Adab (Author), Rachel E Jordan (Author), David Fitzmaurice (Author), Jon G Ayres (Author), KK Cheng (Author), Brendan G Cooper (Author), Amanda Daley (Author), Andrew Dickens (Author), Alexandra Enocson (Author), Sheila Greenfield (Author), Shamil Haroon (Author), Kate Jolly (Author), Sue Jowett (Author), Tosin Lambe (Author), James Martin (Author), Martin R Miller (Author), Kiran Rai (Author), Richard D Riley (Author), Steve Sadhra (Author), Alice Sitch (Author), Stanley Siebert (Author), Robert A Stockley (Author), Alice Turner (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: NIHR Journals Library, 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a major contributor to morbidity, mortality and health service costs but is vastly underdiagnosed. Evidence on screening and how best to approach this is not clear. There are also uncertainties around the natural history (prognosis) of chronic obs...