Pneumocafé project: an inquiry on current COPD diagnosis and management among General Practitioners in Italy through a novel tool for professional education

Table 8 Main obstacles to early COPD diagnosis GPs encounter in their working places

Obstacles	N	%	North	Center	South	Islands
Spirometry availability too far	271	14.54	122	41	80	28
Cost of the examination	335	17.97	159	41	98	37
Too long time to be waited for spirometry	*1,039*	*55.74*	*523*	*247*	*208*	61
Lack of respiratory specialists in that district	219	11.75	103	58	47	11
Total	1,864	100

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