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Nathan Harb,1,2 Juliet M Foster,3 Claudia C Dobler1–3 1South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales, 2Department of Respiratory Medicine, Liverpool Hospital, 3Clinical Management Group, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia Background: While chronic morbidity and mortality from COPD is well documented, little is known about the treatment burden faced by patients with COPD.Subjects and methods: Patients with severe airflow obstruction (forced expiratory volume in 1 second [FEV1] |