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Proportion of patients prescribed COPD-related medications at initial diagnosis.
Notes: Maintenance treatment included anticholinergics, inhaled corticosteroids, long-acting beta agonists, or the combination of an inhaled corticosteroid and a long-acting beta agonist; rescue therapy was albuterol.
Abbreviation: GOLD, Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease.
