Direct and indirect economic and health consequences of COPD in Denmark: a national register-based study: 1998-2010.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, but longitudinal studies of the economic consequences of COPD are scarce. This Danish study evaluated for the first time ever the economic consequences of COPD of an entire nation before and after the diagnosis.

Setting

Records from the Danish National Patient Registry (1998-2010), direct and indirect costs, including frequency of primary and secondary sector contacts and procedures, medication, unemployment benefits and social transfer payments were extracted from national databases.

Participants

131 811 patients with COPD were identified and compared with 131 811 randomly selected controls matched for age, gender, educational level, residence and

SUBMITTER: Lokke A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3902350 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature