Healthcare resource utilisation in patients with exacerbations of COPD and associated cardiovascular events: the EXACOS-CV study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The EXACOS-CV Canada study described and evaluated treatment patterns, healthcare resource utilisation (HCRU), and costs in patients with COPD who experienced a severe cardiovascular (CV) event or death preceded or not preceded by an exacerbation.

Methods

This longitudinal, retrospective cohort study included 142 787 individuals with COPD using administrative data from Alberta, Canada. The index event was a first hospitalisation for a CV event or all-cause death during follow-up. COPD-related treatment, HCRU and costs during the 12-month periods before and after the index events were described.

Results

From the initial cohort, 43 564 (30.5%) patients with COPD experienced an index event; 15 100 (34.7%) had a COPD exacerbation in the 12 months prior. Patie

SUBMITTER: Hawkins NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12581169 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature