The ICE study, Italian costs for exacerbations in COPD: regional variations in admission criteria and diagnosis related group coding

C. F. Donner, M. Lusuardi, F. De Benedetto, C. Lucioni, S. Mazzi, P. L. Paggiaro, C. Sanguinetti (Veruno, Correggio, Chieti, Milan, Pisa, Roma, Italy)

Source: Annual Congress 2004 - Exacerbations of COPD and diagnosis
Session: Exacerbations of COPD and diagnosis
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 3198
Disease area: Airway diseases

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