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ArticleFederal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS2017

Quality of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease-Related Health Care in Rural and Urban Veterans Affairs Clinics.

Eric J Swanson, Kathryn L Rice, Thomas S Rector, Anders D Westanmo, Peter G Duane

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Article in Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. RuralEuropean respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Eric J Swansonis an allopathic physician, and are physicians, is a core investigator, and was a pharmacist at the time the article was written; all at Minneapolis VA Health Care System in Minnesota. Dr. Swanson, Dr. Rice, and Dr. Duane also have appointments at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
Kathryn L Riceis an allopathic physician, and are physicians, is a core investigator, and was a pharmacist at the time the article was written; all at Minneapolis VA Health Care System in Minnesota. Dr. Swanson, Dr. Rice, and Dr. Duane also have appointments at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
Thomas S Rectoris an allopathic physician, and are physicians, is a core investigator, and was a pharmacist at the time the article was written; all at Minneapolis VA Health Care System in Minnesota. Dr. Swanson, Dr. Rice, and Dr. Duane also have appointments at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
Anders D Westanmois an allopathic physician, and are physicians, is a core investigator, and was a pharmacist at the time the article was written; all at Minneapolis VA Health Care System in Minnesota. Dr. Swanson, Dr. Rice, and Dr. Duane also have appointments at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
Peter G Duaneis an allopathic physician, and are physicians, is a core investigator, and was a pharmacist at the time the article was written; all at Minneapolis VA Health Care System in Minnesota. Dr. Swanson, Dr. Rice, and Dr. Duane also have appointments at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
Minneapolis VA Health Care System · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Only minor disparities were found between patients at rural and urban clinics in this examination of the differences in the quality of health care for patients with COPD.

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PMID30766281
PMCPMC6370447
OpenAlexW3011983620

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