TY - JOUR AU - Johansson, Gunnar AU - Mushnikov, Vasili AU - Bäckström, Tobias AU - Engström, Andreas AU - Khalid, Javaria Mona AU - Wall, Jennifer AU - Hoti, Fabian PY - 2018 DA - 2018/01/25 TI - Exacerbations and healthcare resource utilization among COPD patients in a Swedish registry-based nation-wide study JO - BMC Pulmonary Medicine SP - 17 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are an important measure of disease severity in terms of impaired disease progression, increased recovery time, healthcare resource utilization, overall morbidity and mortality. We aimed to quantify exacerbation and healthcare resource utilization rates among COPD patients in Sweden with respect to baseline treatments, exacerbation history, and comorbidities. SN - 1471-2466 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-018-0573-0 DO - 10.1186/s12890-018-0573-0 ID - Johansson2018 ER -