Patient pathways for four major chronic respiratory diseases in England between 2008 and 2021.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Not all chronic diseases have clear pathways and time targets for diagnosis. We explored pathways and timings for four major chronic respiratory diseases in England.

Methods

Using deidentified electronic healthcare records from Clinical Practice Research Datalink Aurum linked to Hospital Episode Statistics, we derived cohorts of patients diagnosed with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), ILD or bronchiectasis at three time periods (2008/2009, 2018/2019 and 2020/2021). We followed people 2 years before and 2 years after diagnosis, calculating the proportion of people who presented with symptoms, underwent diagnostic tests, were treated and consulted healthcare (primary or secondary) and calculated time intervals between events. We repeated analyse

SUBMITTER: Ioannides AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11367335 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature