... deaths, and the associated health costs willincrease during the next decade. In addition to the socialstrain, COPD also influences the patients' symptoms,function, and subjective health status ... Clinical Research, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, 5Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway and 6Institute of Nursing and Health ... little understanding of multivariate explanations of subjective health status in COPD. Thepurpose of this study was to explore what determines subjective health status in COPD byevaluating the relationships...