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Clinical characteristics, treatment patterns, and socio-economic burden of COPD in Bulgaria

Maria KamushevaDepartment of Organization and Economics of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria; Correspondence[email protected]
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Maria DimitrovaDepartment of Organization and Economics of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria;
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Job F. M. van BovenDepartment of General Practice, Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; ;Unit of Pharmacotherapy, Epidemiology and – Economics, Department of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands;
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Maarten J. PostmaUnit of Pharmacotherapy, Epidemiology and – Economics, Department of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; ;Institute of Science in Healthy Aging & healthcaRE (SHARE), University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; ;Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands;
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Thys van der MolenDepartment of General Practice, Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands;
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Janwillem W. H. KocksDepartment of General Practice, Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; ;Department of General Practice, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands;
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Konstantin MitovDepartment of Organization and Economics of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria;
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Miglena DonevaDepartment of Organization and Economics of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria;
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Daniela PetrovaDepartment of Propaedeutic of Internal Diseases, UMHAT ‘Alexandrovska’, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Ognyan GeorgievDepartment of Propaedeutic of Internal Diseases, UMHAT ‘Alexandrovska’, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Valentina PetkovaDepartment of Organization and Economics of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria;
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Guenka PetrovaDepartment of Organization and Economics of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria;
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Pages 503-509 | Received 03 Nov 2016, Accepted 04 Jan 2017, Published online: 23 Jan 2017

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