Variability in adherence to clinical practice guidelines and recommendations in COPD outpatients: a multi-level, cross-sectional analysis of the EPOCONSUL study.
Myriam CalleJosé Luis López-CamposJuan J Soler-CataluñaBernardino Alcázar NavarreteJoan B SorianoJosé Miguel Rodríguez González-MoroManuel E Fuentes FerrerJuan Luis Rodríguez Hermosanull nullPublished in: Respiratory research (2017)
To be treated at a specialized COPD outpatient clinic and some intrinsic patient characteristics were factors associated with a better adherence to guideline recommendations, although these variables were only explaining part of the high variability observed among hospitals in terms of COPD medical care.