Open AccessAre COPD Prescription Patterns Aligned with Guidelines? Evidence from a Canadian Population-Based Study
Author(s) -
Taraneh Bahremand,
Mahyar Etminan,
Nardin Roshan-Moniri,
Mary A. De Vera,
Hamid Tavakoli,
Mohsen Sadatsafavi
Publication year - 2021
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.s290805
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , exacerbation , medical prescription , lama , population , odds ratio , cohort , retrospective cohort study , asthma , pediatrics , pharmacology , environmental health
In contemporary guidelines for the management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), the history of acute exacerbations plays an important role in the choice of long-term inhaled therapies. This study aimed at evaluating population-level trends of filled inhaled prescriptions over the time course of COPD and their relation to the history of exacerbations.