Impact of chronic ischemic heart disease on the health care costs of COPD patients – An analysis of German claims data

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) has a substantial impact on health care systems worldwide. Particularly, cardiovascular diseases such as ischemic heart disease (IHD) are frequent in individuals with COPD, but the economic consequences of combined COPD and IHD are by large unknown. Therefore, our study has the objective to investigate excess costs of IHD in COPD patients.
Source: Respiratory Medicine CME - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Source Type: research