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<journal-meta>
<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">JOHS</journal-id>
<journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Journ of Health Scien</journal-id>
<journal-title-group>
<journal-title>Journal of HealthCare Sciences</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">Journ of Health Scien</abbrev-journal-title>
</journal-title-group>
<issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn>
<issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
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<article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">118</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">http://dx.doi.org/10.52533/JOHS.2022.21122</article-id>
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<subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
<subject>Family Medicine</subject>
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</article-categories>
<title-group>
<article-title>Effect of Primary Care on Reducing Rates of Hospitalization Among Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients
</article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Alqurashi</surname>
<given-names>Ohud</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Alessa</surname>
<given-names>Abdullah</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Alsaleh</surname>
<given-names>Abdulmohsen</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Alhussain</surname>
<given-names>Abdullah</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Alhazmi</surname>
<given-names>Nehad</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Alhamaqi</surname>
<given-names>Mohammed</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Hussain</surname>
<given-names>Nour</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Alruwaili</surname>
<given-names>Nawaf</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Alrashid</surname>
<given-names>Jehad</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Alshomrani</surname>
<given-names>Alwaleed</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Alzamanan</surname>
<given-names>Mahdi</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<pub-date pub-type="ppub">
<day>26</day>
<month>11</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>2</volume>
<issue>11</issue>
<fpage>478</fpage>
<lpage>483</lpage>
<permissions>
<copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2009</copyright-year>
<license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">
<license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p>
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<abstract>
<p>The normal course of Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) includes a progressive reduction in lung function, exacerbations that necessitate primary care intervention or hospital admission, a steady decline in quality of life, and a shorter life expectancy. COPD is one of the ambulatory or primary care-sensitive illnesses for which it is hypothesized that efficient primary care management will lower the probability of hospital admission. Long-acting beta-agonist and inhaler steroid combination therapy improves spirometric results and overall health while lowering the annual risk of COPD exacerbations. Use of two or more treatment modules based on models designed specifically for chronic care delivery in developed countries have proven successful in lowering hospitalizations as well. Access to other therapies, such as pulmonary rehabilitation, acute exacerbation evaluation programs, and community or hospital-based respiratory specialists, may also be important. The goal of interventions to lessen the prevalence of COPD in underserved areas has to focus on locally driven integrated solutions, such as media campaigns to raise awareness and persuade at-risk individuals to get tested, as well as training for primary care workers on the significance and advantages of earlier detection and effective operation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Importantly, uptake of influenza vaccination has demonstrated a link with hospital admission rates at the practice level. Proposed solutions for lowering hospitalization and reducing exacerbations among patients with COPD include greater access to pulmonary rehabilitative care, more rigorous implementation of smoking cessation programs and availability of modern long-acting medications.
</p>
</abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd>chronic obstructive pulmonary disease</kwd>
<kwd> primary care practice</kwd>
<kwd> hospitalization</kwd>
<kwd> quality of life</kwd>
</kwd-group>
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