Low Prevalence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Greenland:A Call for Increased Focus on the Importance of Diagnosis Coding

The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of patients diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) according to age, gender, and residence in Greenland and to investigate the associated quality of care. The study was performed as an observational cross-sectional study using...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Main Authors: Brix, Andreas, Flagstad, Kristine, Backe, Marie Balslev, Pedersen, Michael Lynge, Nielsen, Maja Hykkelbjerg
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2023
Subjects:
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Greenland
Inuit
prevalence
quality of care
Cross-Sectional Studies
Humans
Medical Records
Male
Pulmonary Disease
Chronic Obstructive/diagnosis
Female
Greenland/epidemiology
Nuuk
inuit
Online Access:https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/publications/3b803a8b-c226-4fd3-acfa-f0f1ff1d61e5
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20095624
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85159056257&partnerID=8YFLogxK

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