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Research ArticleThomas L Petty Memorial Lecture

COPD Care in the 21st Century: A Public Health Priority

Rachel N Criner and MeiLan K Han
Respiratory Care May 2018, 63 (5) 591-600; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.06276
Rachel N Criner
Department of Internal Medicine
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MeiLan K Han
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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    Aggregate charges for in-patient stays for COPD or bronchiectasis among patients age ≥18 y, according to the Nationwide Inpatient Sample. Data from Reference 10.

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    Prevalence of COPD among adults age ≥18 y in the United States from 1998 to 2009. Data from Reference 25.

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    Locations of 12,392 pulmonologists and quintiles of county estimates of the 15.7 million adults ≥18 y old with diagnosed COPD. From Reference 5, with permission.

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    United States adults who were current cigarette smokers according to the National Health Interview Survey. Data from Reference 45.

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