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 Pinto Antônio Carlos Moreira Lemos Lindemberg Assunção Costa Aramís Tupiná Alcantara de Moreira Laira Lorena Lima Yamamura Gisélia Santana Souza Eduardo Martins Netto

Published 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.

Keyphrases

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
lung function
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
early onset
quality improvement
patient reported