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This study is a case-control study looking to identify factors associated with frequent use of hospital services (emergency care and admissions) in COPD patients. Data from 64 patients with moderate-severe COPD (FEV 1 /FVC=<70, FEV 1 =<50%) were prospectively collected, 32 cases with high consumption of health resources (COPD-HC) and 32 controls. COPD-HC was defined as a patient...
Background. Lack of an association between area-based socioeconomic status (SES) and readmission for asthma was investigated in a country with a universal health care system.Methods. Data linkage analysis was conducted based on hospitalization data from Statistics Canada's Person-oriented Information Database and area-based SES data from the 1996 Census. Hospital records for 8333 asthma patients aged...
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