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To evaluate clinical outcomes, healthcare resource utilization, and direct economic costs in patients presenting to the emergency department with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

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Application of the Clinical Outcomes, Healthcare Resource Utilization, and Related Costs Model in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients

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CACarlos J Alvarez-MartinezInstituto de Salud Carlos III JVJorge Íván Bonilla VélezResearch Institute Hospital 12 de Octubre CGClara Goñi

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Retrospective cohort study reveals high 1-year mortality and steep hospital costs in COPD patients visiting emergency care, highlighting the need for improved outpatient disease management programs.

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To evaluate clinical outcomes, healthcare resource utilization, and direct economic costs in patients presenting to the emergency department with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Retrospective observational cohort study of consecutive patients (N=2,384) with a primary diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease presenting to a tertiary hospital emergency department in 2018.
Tracked 30-day and 1-year mortality rates, readmissions, and emergency department revisits.
Applied the Clinical Outcomes, HEalthcare REsource utilisatioN, and relaTed costs (COHERENT) model to evaluate time spent in clinical settings and quantify associated medical expenses.
Observed mortality rates reached 7.6% during initial hospitalization, 8.5% at 30 days, and 23.4% at 1 year, while hospital readmission rates were 9.9% at 30 days and 36.1% at 1 year.
Total 1-year healthcare expenditures reached EUR 14.6 million (median EUR 3,298 per patient), with index hospitalizations (44.7%) and subsequent readmissions (42.6%) generating the vast majority of overall costs.

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Alvarez-Martinez et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7bacc4ae178dbf17c630d1 https://doi.org/10.1159/000541406

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Retrospective cohort study reveals high 1-year mortality and steep hospital costs in COPD patients visiting emergency care, highlighting the need for improved outpatient disease management programs.

Application of the Clinical Outcomes, Healthcare Resource Utilization, and Related Costs Model in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients

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