Costes de la espirometría como prueba de cribado en atención primaria de la enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica

Optimal cost: 9000 spirometries a year by a single nurse. However, this would entail one nurse's almost exclusive dedication. Two trained professionals raises the cost slightly and distributes the work load better, enabling more hours to be covered. Before advising any COPD screening, its costs and its real possibility of affecting active smokers (the sole preventive possibility) should be carefully assessed.