Specialist respiratory outreach: a case-finding initiative for identifying undiagnosed COPD in primary care

Specialist respiratory outreach: a case-finding initiative for identifying undiagnosed COPD in primary care

Abstract COPD remains largely undiagnosed or is diagnosed late in the course of disease. We report findings of a specialist outreach programme to identify undiagnosed COPD in primary care. An electronic case-finding algorithm identified 1602 at-risk patients from 12 practices who were invited to att...

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Main Authors: Emma Ray, David Culliford, Helen Kruk, Kate Gillett, Mal North, Carla M. Astles, Alexander Hicks, Matthew Johnson, Sharon Xiaowen Lin, Rosanna Orlando, Mike Thomas, Rachel E. Jordan, David Price, Mita Konstantin, Tom M. A. Wilkinson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-02-01
Series:npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41533-021-00219-x

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41533-021-00219-x

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