Explaining the link between access-to-care factors and health care resource utilization among individuals with COPD
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Explaining the link between access-to-care factors and health care resource utilization among individuals with COPD
BACKGROUND Limited accessibility to health care may be a barrier to obtaining good care. Few studies have investigated the association between access-to-care factors and COPD hospitalizations. The objective of this study is to estimate the association between access-to-care factors and health care utilization including hospital/emergency department (ED) visits and primary care physician (PCP) o...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1178-2005
DOI: 10.2147/copd.s95717