title: Alternative approaches to COPD management address need for individualized care.
abstract: Even a disease as difficult to define as COPD can be addressed through comprehensive management. It's even possible to develop guidelines for patients who have COPD as a co-morbid condition.
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D019090:Case Management; D003363:Cost Control; D017281:Cost of Illness; D019468:Disease Management; D006801:Humans; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000150:complications / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy*; D008923:Missouri; D010353:Patient Education as Topic