%0 Journal Article
%T Activating primary care COPD patients with multi-morbidity (APCOM) pilot project: study protocol
%A Hassan Hosseinzadeh
%A Nicholas Zwar
%A Sameera Ansari
%A Sarah Dennis
%J Archive of "NPJ Primary Care Respiratory Medicine".
%D 2017
%R 10.1038/s41533-016-0003-9
%X Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), third leading cause of mortality worldwide,1 is primarily caused by cigarette smoking in Australia.2 COPD often occurs in the presence of multi-morbidity, which is the simultaneous occurrence of two or more chronic conditions; this is a growing concern in a health system focused on single-disease management.3 Around 80% of older Australians have multi-morbidity, average prevalence of chronic respiratory disease being 9.5%.
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5434784/