COPD in Primary Care: Key Considerations for Optimized Management: Treatment Options for Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Current Recommendations and Unmet Needs
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Barbara, Yawn; Victor, Kim
- Source
- The Journal of family practice. 67
- Subject
- Health Services Needs and Demand
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Primary Health Care
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Humans
Health Promotion
Practice Patterns, Physicians'
Physicians, Primary Care
- Language
- ISSN
- 1533-7294
Primary care physicians manage the care of approximately 80% of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This provides the opportunity to engage patients in management goal-setting that facilitates more tailored treatments, and can improve adherence to therapy, which is historically poor in patients with COPD, thereby improving outcomes.