title: Response.
authors.affiliation: Bay Pines VA Healthcare System, Tampa, FL.
authors.forename: Thomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Fuhrman
authors.affiliation: Maine General Medical Center, Freeport, ME. Electronic address: aransonr@comcast.net.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aranson
mesh_terms: D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D015272:Pulmonary Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012138:Respiratory Therapy / Q000592:standards*; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States