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Meeting the challenge of COPD care delivery in the USA: a multiprovider perspective

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This Commission summarises expert opinion from key stakeholders-patients, caregivers, and medical professionals, as well as representatives from health systems, insurance companies, and industry-to understand barriers to care delivery and propose potential solutions.
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This article is published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.The article was published on 2016-06-01. It has received 77 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Health care & Quality of life (healthcare).

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Palliative care and management of troublesome symptoms for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

TL;DR: Early integration of palliative care with respiratory, primary care, and rehabilitation services, with referral on the basis of the complexity of symptoms and concerns, rather than prognosis, can improve patient and caregiver outcomes.
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COPDGene® 2019: Redefining the Diagnosis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Katherine E Lowe, +117 more
TL;DR: A substantial portion of smokers with respiratory symptoms and imaging abnormalities do not manifest spirometric obstruction as defined by population normals, and these individuals are at significant risk of death and spirometric disease progression.
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Towards the elimination of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a Lancet Commission

- 01 Sep 2022 - 
TL;DR: Despite substantial progress in reducing the global impact of many non-communicable diseases, including heart disease and cancer, morbidity and mortality due to chronic respiratory disease continues to increase despite the identification of cigarette smoking as the major risk factor for the disease more than 50 years ago as discussed by the authors .

Barriers to the use of spirometry in general practice to diagnose and manage COPD

TL;DR: A cross-sectional study of patients and their general practitioners investigating use of spirometry in COPD in two practices by lung function assessment, review of practice records, interviews and focus groups found there were organisational and technical barriers to spirometry and poor recognition of the essential role of Spirometry in the diagnosis.
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Reducing Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Hospital Readmissions. An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report

TL;DR: A diverse group of clinicians, researchers, payers, and program leaders from across the country were assembled to present and discuss approaches that had the greatest potential for success, and drew on expertise from ongoing readmission reduction programs, implementation methodologies, and stakeholder perspectives.
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Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

Rafael Lozano, +195 more
- 15 Dec 2012 - 
TL;DR: The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2010 aimed to estimate annual deaths for the world and 21 regions between 1980 and 2010 for 235 causes, with uncertainty intervals (UIs), separately by age and sex, using the Cause of Death Ensemble model.
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Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes

TL;DR: The fourth edition of the Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes as mentioned in this paper has been thoroughly revised and updated, making it essential reading for anyone commissioning, undertaking, or using economic evaluations in health care, including health service professionals, health economists, and health care decision makers.

Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes, Second Edition

TL;DR: The second edition of the first edition of this book was published in 1987 as discussed by the authors, and the second edition includes new chapters on collection and analysis of data and on the presentation and use of data.
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Why Don't Physicians Follow Clinical Practice Guidelines?: A Framework for Improvement

TL;DR: A differential diagnosis for why physicians do not follow practice guidelines is offered, as well as a rational approach toward improving guideline adherence and a framework for future research are offered.
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