Trends in non-receipt of recommended COPD medication

Michael Poon; Priscila Pequeno; Shawn D Aaron; Matthew B Stanbrook; Harvey H Wong; Peter Cram; Andrea S Gershon

doi:10.1183/23120541.00584-2021

Trends in non-receipt of recommended COPD medication

ERJ Open Res. 2022 Apr 25;8(2):00584-2021. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00584-2021. eCollection 2022 Apr.

Authors

Michael Poon¹, Priscila Pequeno², Shawn D Aaron³, Matthew B Stanbrook^{1

2}, Harvey H Wong^{1

4}, Peter Cram¹, Andrea S Gershon^{1

2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Dept of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
² ICES, Toronto, ON, Canada.
³ Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
⁴ Dept of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Abstract

Receipt of sufficient COPD medication has improved over time; however, recommended therapy continues to be underused, especially in patients at lower risk of COPD exacerbation https://bit.ly/3IhK5Y4.