Resource Use Study in COPD (RUSIC): A prospective Study to Quantify the Effects of COPD Exacerbations on Health Care Resource Use Among COPD Patients
Author(s) -
J. Mark FitzGerald,
Jennifer Haddon,
Carole Bradley-Kennedy,
Lisa Kuramoto,
Gordon Ford,
The RUSIC Study Group
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
canadian respiratory journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.675
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1916-7245
pISSN - 1198-2241
DOI - 10.1155/2007/921914
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , exacerbation , referral , prospective cohort study , pulmonary rehabilitation , emergency medicine , intensive care unit , observational study , depression (economics) , physical therapy , intensive care medicine , economics , family medicine , macroeconomics
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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