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Evidence of the association between adherence to treatment and mortality among ...
Moreira,Aramís Tupiná Alcantara de; Pinto,Charleston Ribeiro; Lemos,Antônio Carlos Moreira; Assunção-Costa,Lindemberg; Souza,Gisélia SantanaABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the association between adherence to treatment and mortality among Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients treated in the Brazilian public health system. Methods This is cohort study of moderate-to-severe COPD patients monitored in a public pharmaceutical care-based Disease Management Program (DMP). All subjects who died one year after the beginning of the cohort wer...
Management of COPD within the Brazilian Unified Health Care System in the state...
Pinto,Charleston Ribeiro; Lemos,Antônio Carlos Moreira; Assunção-Costa,Lindemberg; Alcântara,Aramis Tupiná de; Yamamura,Laira Lorena LimaABSTRACT Objective: To describe COPD pharmacological treatment patterns in the state of Bahia, Brazil, and to evaluate the extent to which these patterns conform to clinical guidelines for the management of COPD. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of 441 patients referred from the Public Health Care Network of the state of Bahia to a public referral outpatient clinic of a COPD management program of the B...