Open Access<p>Clinical Impact and Healthcare Resource Utilization Associated with Early versus Late COPD Diagnosis in Patients from UK CPRD Database</p>
Author(s) -
Κonstantinos Κostikas,
David Price,
F Gutzwiller,
Bethan Jones,
Emil Loefroth,
Andreas Clemens,
Robert Fogel,
Rupert Jones,
Hui Cao
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/international journal of copd
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2005
pISSN - 1176-9106
DOI - 10.2147/copd.s255414
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , health care , database , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , pediatrics , economics , economic growth , computer science
Previous studies have shown that opportunities to diagnose chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) early are often missed in primary care. This retrospective study aimed to utilize secondary data from the United Kingdom (UK) healthcare system to understand the impact of early versus late diagnosis of COPD.