title: Chronic respiratory care and rehabilitation in France.
abstract: The development of chronic respiratory care in France faces the same problems of ageing population, technological advancement and budgeting difficulties as other industrially developed countries. We describe the intermediate and home-care systems for treatment of chronic respiratory diseases.
authors.affiliation: National Co-ordinator ANTADIR, 66 Bid St Michel, 75006 Paris, France. veale@antadir.com
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authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Veale
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy*