Increased Health Care Resource Utilization and Costs Associated with Herpes Zoster Among Patients Aged ≥50 Years with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the United States
Author(s) -
Parinaz Ghaswalla,
Philippe ThompsonLeduc,
Wendy Y. Cheng,
Colin Kunzweiler,
MinJung Wang,
Michael Bogart,
Brandon J. Patterson,
Mei Sheng Duh,
John Wojciehowski,
Suna Park,
Barbara P. Yawn
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases journal of the copd foundation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.039
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2372-952X
DOI - 10.15326/jcopdf.2021.0222
Subject(s) - pulmonary disease , medicine , disease , health care , chronic disease , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , economics , economic growth
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are potentially at increased risk of herpes zoster (HZ). Little is known about the impact of an HZ episode on health care resource utilization (HRU) and costs among patients with COPD.
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