Pulmonology
Mortality of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a nationwide populationbased cohort study
Seon Cheol Park, Dong Wook Kim, Eun Cheol Park, Cheung Soo Shin, Chin Kook Rhee, Young Ae Kang, Young Sam Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2019;34(6):1272-1278. Published online October 16, 2019
Background/Aims: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major cause of mortality in the world. There are no population-based studies on longterm mortality in COPD patients in Korea.
Methods: Using the large, population-based, National Health Insurance Service- National Sample Cohort (NHI..
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