Patients with allergic asthma have lower risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes than patients with nonallergic asthma

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Table 5 Hospital and outpatient care resource use after COVID-19 diagnosis (propensity score–matched study cohorts)

Resource counts per 1000 person-days	Nonallergic asthma	Allergic asthma	Rate ratio^a	95% CI	P value^b
Hospital resource use
Total inpatient time (days)	18.6	12.5	0.71	0.67–0.75	< 0.001
Emergency department visits	6.7	5.2	0.78	0.72–0.86	< 0.001
Outpatient resource use
Outpatient visits	40.6	51.4	1.26	1.22–1.31	< 0.001
COVID-19–related outpatient visits	10.3	9.1	0.88	0.82–0.94	0.0004
Asthma-related outpatient visits	9.2	11.7	1.27	1.19–1.37	< 0.001

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