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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Coded Cause of Death and Timing of COPD Diagnosis

A. Simon Pickard Department of Pharmacy Practice & Center for Pharmacoeconomic Research, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Department of Pharmacy Administration, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care, Hines VA Hospital, Hines, Illinois, USA; Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care (CMC3), Hines VA Hospital, Hines, Illinois, USA
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Eunmi Jung Department of Pharmacy Administration, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care (CMC3), Hines VA Hospital, Hines, Illinois, USA
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Brian Bartle Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care, Hines VA Hospital, Hines, Illinois, USA; Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care (CMC3), Hines VA Hospital, Hines, Illinois, USA
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Kevin B. Weiss Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care, Hines VA Hospital, Hines, Illinois, USA; Institute for Healthcare Studies and Division of General Internal Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care (CMC3), Hines VA Hospital, Hines, Illinois, USA
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Todd A. Lee Department of Pharmacy Practice & Center for Pharmacoeconomic Research, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care, Hines VA Hospital, Hines, Illinois, USA; Institute for Healthcare Studies and Division of General Internal Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care (CMC3), Hines VA Hospital, Hines, Illinois, USA
Pages 41-47 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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