Quantify comorbidities burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients using medication regimen complexity index

Wei-Erh Cheng (Taichung, Taiwan), Wei Erh Cheng, Shan Chieh Wu, Sandy Ian-U. Chong, Jou Ying Chen, Hsiang-Wen Lin

Source: International Congress 2016 – Novel avenues in the treatment of COPD I
Session: Novel avenues in the treatment of COPD I
Session type: Thematic Poster
Number: 4061
Disease area: Airway diseases

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