Melbye, Hasse; Drivenes, Elin; Leinan, Tone (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2011)
To describe symptoms and lung function in patients registered with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in primary care and to examine how spirometry findings fit with general practitioners’ (GPs) diagnoses.
Patients aged ≥40 years with a diagnosis of asthma or COPD registered in the electronic medical record during the previous 5 years were recruited at seven GP offices in Norway ...