Table 1.
Project name | Period of funding | Characteristics of key informants |
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P1 - Exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; study of prognostic factors in a cohort of cases |
1996-2000 |
1 PI, 1 I |
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|
2 MD, 1 HS |
P2 - Study of the risk factors predisposing to acute exacerbation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
1996-1999 |
1 PI, 5 I |
|
|
1 MD, 2 HS |
P3 - Validation of a diagnostic procedure in the sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome, based on the clinical picture and home polysomnography, in the general adult population |
1996-1998 |
1 PI, 2 I |
|
|
1 MD |
P4 - Cost-effectiveness study of home care in exacerbation episodes of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by means of the Respiratory-SSIFU (socio-sanitary interdisciplinary functional unit) |
1998-2000 |
3 PI |
|
|
5 MD |
P5 - Strategies for the management of bacterial resistance in the ICU; application of an empirical antibiotic treatment protocol for ventilation-related pneumonia and impact on the decrease of bacterial resistance and consumption of antibiotics |
2000-2003 |
1 PI |
|
|
1 MD |
P6 - Phenotypic characterization of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease* |
2002-2006 |
1 PI, 3 I |
2 MD, 2 HS |
P: project; PI: Principal investigator; I: Relevant investigator; MD: Hospital medical director; HS: Head of hospital service; *This project continued after the Agency funding ended and therefore only preliminary results were available.