Improvement in the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease following a clinical educational program: results from a prospective cohort study in the Sicilian general practice setting.

Concerning data from COPD patients being hospitalized, a decreasing trend was measured during the study years with respect to COPD-related only primary discharge diagnosis (1.0% vs. 0.1%), COPD-related both primary and secondary discharge diagnosis (6.9% vs. 4.0%), and all-cause hospitalization (23.0% vs. 18.9%) (Fig. 2 ).

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