Hospitalization Outcomes of Patients with Asthma, COPD, and Asthma-COPD Overlap Syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma account for a significant health care burden within the United States. The asthma-COPD overlap (ACO) phenotype has been associated with increased exacerbation frequency and health care utilization compared to either disease alone. However, hospital-based outcomes of these diagnoses have not been described in the literature.

Methods

Hospitalization data were extracted from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Nationwide Readmissions Database (HCUP-NRD 2012-2015). Using International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification codes, we classified patients as having asthma, COPD, or ACO. We used analytic sample weights to compute national estimates, and weighted regre

SUBMITTER: Modak M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12429536 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature