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Model-based evaluation of the long-term cost-effectiveness of systematic case-finding for COPD in primary care.

Tosin LambePeymane AdabRachel E JordanAlice SitchAlex EnocsonKate JollyJen MarshRichard RileyMartin MillerBrendan G CooperAlice Margaret TurnerJon G AyresRobert StockleySheila GreenfieldStanley SiebertAmanda DaleyK K ChengDavid FitzmauriceSusan Jowett
Published in: Thorax (2019)
Regular systematic case-finding for COPD using a screening questionnaire in primary care is likely to be cost-effective in the long-term despite uncertainties in treatment effectiveness. Further knowledge of the natural history of case-found patients and the effectiveness of their management will improve confidence to implement such an approach.
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