Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease involves substantial health-care service and social benefit costs

Martin Bach Jensen, Morten Fenger-Grøn, Kirsten Fonager, Øyvind Omland, Anker Lund Vinding, Jens Georg Hansen

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Abstract

The present study compared health care-related costs and the use of social benefits and transfer payments in participants with and without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and related the costs to the severity of the COPD.
Original languageEnglish
Article numberA4557
JournalDanish Medical Journal
Volume60
Issue number1
Pages (from-to)1-6
Number of pages6
ISSN2245-1919
Publication statusPublished - 2013

Keywords

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Denmark
  • Drug Costs
  • Female
  • Health Care Costs
  • Health Services
  • Hospitalization
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
  • Social Security
  • Spirometry

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