We found a small percentage of COPD patients who had spirometry during hospitalization due to COPD exacerbation. This peculiar pattern of the limited use of the confirmatory diagnostic test appear disease-specific since we also found a large percentage of patient with heart failure who had echocardiography during their hospitalization.
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