Access to Treatment for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the Americas: A Call for Action. A Joint Perspective from the Brazilian Thoracic Society, Canadian Thoracic Society, Latin American Thoracic Society, and the American Thoracic Society
Journal
Annals of the American Thoracic Society
ISSN
2329-6933
2325-6621
Date Issued
2024
Author(s)
Francesca Polverino
Mohit Bhutani
Gustavo Zabert
Frederico Leon Arrabal Fernandes
Luiz Fernando Pereira Ferreira
Lian Szabo
Juan P. Wisnivesky
Margareth Pretti Dalcolmo
Juan C. Celedón
Type
journal-article
Subjects
copd
;
health disparities
;
management
;
the americas
;
treatment
;
americas
;
canada
;
health services accessibility
;
humans
;
latin america
;
pulmonary disease, chronic obstructive
;
societies, medical
;
spirometry
;
united states
;
access to medication
;
access to treatment
;
air pollution
;
biomass
;
brazil
;
brazilian
;
canada
;
canadian
;
chronic obstructive lung disease
;
cohort analysis
;
controlled study
;
diagnosis
;
drug therapy
;
health care access
;
health care system
;
health disparity
;
human
;
lung function
;
mortality
;
pharmacoeconomics
;
prevalence
;
public health problem
;
review
;
risk factor
;
south america
;
south and central america
;
spirometry
;
therapy
;
tobacco dependence
;
tobacco use
;
treatment guideline
;
tuberculosis
;
united states
;
universal health care
;
vulnerable population
;
western hemisphere
;
epidemiology
;
health care access
;
medical society
;
western hemisphere