Bringing Change for Rural COPD Patients: Possibilities with the COPD National Action Plan
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Description
Highlights the mounting costs of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the substantial impact the disease has on rural communities, and the growing divide between COPD-related rural and urban mortality rates. The recently released COPD National Action Plan (CNAP) is set to bring COPD into the spotlight as a national health concern, and rural America will likely play a major role.
Author(s)
Kay Miller Temple
Citation
Rural Monitor
Date
08/2017
Type
Document
Organization
Rural Health Information Hub
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Access · Chronic respiratory conditions · Health disparities · Mortality · Policy · Rural-urban differences