COPD admissions and inhaled medications: Escalating prescription costs but no evidence of effect. A national primary care study

T. Harries, P. Seed, S. Jones, P. Schofield, P. White (London, Guildford, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Quality of diagnosis and assessment in primary care
Session: Quality of diagnosis and assessment in primary care
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 274
Disease area: Airway diseases

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