Resource Use Study in COPD (RUSIC): A prospective Study to Quantify the Effects of COPD Exacerbations on Health Care Resource Use Among COPD Patients

BACKGROUND: There is increasing interest in health care resource use (HRU) in Canada, particularly in resources associated with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

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Main Authors: J Mark FitzGerald, Jennifer M Haddon, Carole Bradley-Kennedy, Lisa Kuramoto, Gordon T Ford, The RUSIC Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2007-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/921914
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spelling doaj-art-9ae08c85dfa04eec813cc853239066992025-02-03T05:45:44ZengWileyCanadian Respiratory Journal1198-22412007-01-0114314515210.1155/2007/921914Resource Use Study in COPD (RUSIC): A prospective Study to Quantify the Effects of COPD Exacerbations on Health Care Resource Use Among COPD PatientsJ Mark FitzGerald0Jennifer M Haddon1Carole Bradley-Kennedy2Lisa Kuramoto3Gordon T Ford4The RUSIC Study GroupCentre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaBoehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Limited, Burlington, Ontario, CanadaBoehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Limited, Burlington, Ontario, CanadaCentre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaRespiratory Division, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaBACKGROUND: There is increasing interest in health care resource use (HRU) in Canada, particularly in resources associated with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/921914
spellingShingle J Mark FitzGerald
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Resource Use Study in COPD (RUSIC): A prospective Study to Quantify the Effects of COPD Exacerbations on Health Care Resource Use Among COPD Patients
Canadian Respiratory Journal
title Resource Use Study in COPD (RUSIC): A prospective Study to Quantify the Effects of COPD Exacerbations on Health Care Resource Use Among COPD Patients
title_full Resource Use Study in COPD (RUSIC): A prospective Study to Quantify the Effects of COPD Exacerbations on Health Care Resource Use Among COPD Patients
title_fullStr Resource Use Study in COPD (RUSIC): A prospective Study to Quantify the Effects of COPD Exacerbations on Health Care Resource Use Among COPD Patients
title_full_unstemmed Resource Use Study in COPD (RUSIC): A prospective Study to Quantify the Effects of COPD Exacerbations on Health Care Resource Use Among COPD Patients
title_short Resource Use Study in COPD (RUSIC): A prospective Study to Quantify the Effects of COPD Exacerbations on Health Care Resource Use Among COPD Patients
title_sort resource use study in copd rusic a prospective study to quantify the effects of copd exacerbations on health care resource use among copd patients
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/921914
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