CURRENT RESEARCH IN RURAL HEALTH Geographic Differences in Use of Home Oxygen for Obstructive Lung Disease: A National Medicare Study
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1Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 2Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 3Division of Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 4Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 5Arizona Rural Health Office, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
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