High rates of over-treatment of COPD in primary care: What risks to patients and costs to health services?

H. Booth, S. Georgopoulou, H. Pinnock, H. Thornton, P. White (London, Edinburgh, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Early diagnosis in primary care
Session: Early diagnosis in primary care
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 181
Disease area: Airway diseases

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