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Chronic airway diseases including asthma and COPD are prevalent and high-burden conditions with the majority of patients successfully managed in the primary care setting. However, for some patients with more complex disease such as difficult-to-treat or severe asthma, or complex COPD, tertiary care is required. This review provides an overview of the successful tertiary care multidisciplinary respiratory service that operates in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, which has been integrated into the tertiary care outpatient clinics for almost three decades.
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