Figure 3. Patient Flow.

Figure 3Patient Flow

Abbreviations: AIR, Aides in Respiration; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; PCP, primary care provider.

*ICD, COPD codes from the “Participants” section above: the ICD-9 codes of interest were 491, 492, 496, 490 + 305.1, 493 + 305.1, and 786 + 305.1. During the course of the study the ICD-10 coding system was introduced. The approximately corresponding ICD-10 codes were J42, J43, J44, J40 + Z72, J45 + Z72, and R06 + Z72.

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