Annual Congress Amsterdam 2011

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Primary Care Day I: Effective disease- and self-management in primary care

Symposium
Chairs: N. Chavannes (Leiden, Netherlands), G. Burge (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Aims: The 2011 Primary Care Day offers:
- an excellent networking opportunity between respiratory care specialists, allied health professionals and GPs;
- the state-of-the-art on primary care clinical problems, scientific insights, teamwork and innovations in primary care;
- a prime venue to share new developments in respiratory primary care, and learn from peers all over the world.

Applicability of pulmonary rehabilitation in primary care: critical success factors, use of patient reported outcomes and consequences of population differences R. Jones (Plymouth, United Kingdom)
Models of delivering COPD care: workforce, networks and training M. Swanney (Christchurch, New Zealand)
The paradox of primary care and respiratory health: evidence of benefit for people and populations with asthma and COPD C. Van Weel (Nijmegen, Netherlands)
Improving patient and care outcomes by multidisciplinary integrated care for obstructive lung disease I. Smeele (Eindhoven, Netherlands)