BPM Applied to COPD Management
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) occupies the third place in the list of causes of death, according with the WHO. As any chronic disease, the clinical process associated with COPD extends throughout the patient's life. Nowadays clinical processes are inefficient, generating deterioration in the quality of life of patients and high economic growth in the costs incurred by families, national public health systems and society in general.
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تاریخ انتشار 2015