24 Findings from the Continuing to Confront COPD Survey suggested that there are likely to be significant shortcomings in the provision of guideline-recommended treatments among both primary and secondary care clinicians internationally. 25 The UK National Screening Committee recommend that clinical service provision and patient outcomes should be optimised in all healthcare providers prior to participation in a screening programme. 5 These widespread gaps in care provision will need to be addressed before recommendations for targeted case finding can be made.
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Impact of COPD case finding on clinical care: a prospective analysis of the TargetCOPD trial.
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