Table 1 Description of the projects and the key informants

P1 - Exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; study of prognostic factors in a cohort of cases

1996-2000

1 PI, 1 I

2 MD, 1 HS

P2 - Study of the risk factors predisposing to acute exacerbation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

1996-1999

1 PI, 5 I

1 MD, 2 HS

P3 - Validation of a diagnostic procedure in the sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome, based on the clinical picture and home polysomnography, in the general adult population

1996-1998

1 PI, 2 I

1 MD

P4 - Cost-effectiveness study of home care in exacerbation episodes of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by means of the Respiratory-SSIFU (socio-sanitary interdisciplinary functional unit)

1998-2000

3 PI

5 MD

P5 - Strategies for the management of bacterial resistance in the ICU; application of an empirical antibiotic treatment protocol for ventilation-related pneumonia and impact on the decrease of bacterial resistance and consumption of antibiotics

2000-2003

1 PI

1 MD

P6 - Phenotypic characterization of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease*

2002-2006

1 PI, 3 I

2 MD, 2 HS