RAND study finds asthma and lung disease patients receive half of recommended medical care
14th Nov 2006, 03:12 GMT
Patients around the United States with obstructive lung diseases receive half of the recommended medical care, with care varying based on individual conditions, according to a RAND Corp. study issued today.RAND estimates that increasing the number of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients who receive oxygen treatment at home could prevent 27,000 to 57,000 deaths annually and increasing the number of hospitalized asthmatic patients who receive systematic steroids could prevent nearly 2,000 deaths each year.
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