Management of COPD within the Brazilian Unified Health Care System in the state of Bahia: an analysis of real-life medication use patterns.
Charleston Ribeiro PintoAntônio Carlos Moreira LemosLindemberg Assunção CostaAramís Tupiná Alcantara de MoreiraLaira Lorena Lima YamamuraGisélia Santana SouzaEduardo Martins NettoPublished in: Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia (2019)
Long-acting bronchodilators are frequently underused in individuals with moderate to very severe COPD within the Brazilian Unified Health Care System in the state of Bahia. Most patients in our sample were treated inappropriately, and undertreatment predominated. Strategies to improve access to long-acting bronchodilators and the quality of COPD pharmacological management are required.