Exploring the causes of COPD misdiagnosis in primary care: A mixed methods study

• Ketan Patel ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Ketan.patel1@nhs.net

  Affiliation University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1313-6252

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• Daniel J. Smith,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2387-2795

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• Christopher C. Huntley,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Sunita D. Channa,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Anita Pye,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Andrew P. Dickens,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Observational and Pragmatic Research Institute, Midview City, Singapore

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7591-8129

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• Nicola Gale,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Social Policy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Alice M. Turner

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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