Comparison of Canadian versus United States Emergency Department Visits for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation
INTRODUCTION: Despite the frequency of emergency department (ED) visits for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation, little is known about practice variation in EDs.
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spelling | doaj-art-421518a1480e436189821e10badd8ef92025-02-03T05:52:47ZengWileyCanadian Respiratory Journal1198-22412008-01-0115629530110.1155/2008/696482Comparison of Canadian versus United States Emergency Department Visits for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ExacerbationBrian H Rowe0Rita K Cydulka1Chu-Lin Tsai2Sunday Clark3Douglas Sinclair4Carlos A Camargo5Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaMetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USADepartment of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, USADepartment of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USADepartments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaDepartment of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, USAINTRODUCTION: Despite the frequency of emergency department (ED) visits for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation, little is known about practice variation in EDs.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/696482 |
spellingShingle | Brian H Rowe Rita K Cydulka Chu-Lin Tsai Sunday Clark Douglas Sinclair Carlos A Camargo Comparison of Canadian versus United States Emergency Department Visits for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation Canadian Respiratory Journal |
title | Comparison of Canadian versus United States Emergency Department Visits for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation |
title_full | Comparison of Canadian versus United States Emergency Department Visits for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation |
title_fullStr | Comparison of Canadian versus United States Emergency Department Visits for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation |
title_full_unstemmed | Comparison of Canadian versus United States Emergency Department Visits for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation |
title_short | Comparison of Canadian versus United States Emergency Department Visits for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation |
title_sort | comparison of canadian versus united states emergency department visits for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation |
url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/696482 |
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