Cost-effectiveness of ambulatory oxygen in improving quality of life in fibrotic lung disease: preliminary evidence from the AmbOx Trial

Jennifer A. Whitty, Jenny Rankin, Dina Visca, Vicky Tsipouri, Letizia Mori, Lisa Spencer, Huzaifa Adamali, Toby M. Maher, Nicholas S. Hopkinson, Surinder S. Birring, Morag Farquhar, Athol U. Wells, Piersante Sestini, Elisabetta A. Renzoni

Source: Eur Respir J, 55 (2) 1901157; 10.1183/13993003.01157-2019
Journal Issue: February
Disease area: Interstitial lung diseases

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