The financial burden of treating patients presenting with acute and chronic cough.
Curr Med Res Opin
; 37(12): 2175-2184, 2021 12.
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OBJECTIVE: Coughing is a common symptom and responsible for a large number of healthcare visits. This study aimed to characterize healthcare resource use and associated financial costs in people with acute or chronic cough. METHODS: A retrospective cohort study using routine data from the UK National Health Service. Adults (≥18 years) were selected if they had a cough record between 1 March 2014 and 28 February 2015 and were classified by duration. RESULTS: A cohort of 150,231 patients was identified, of whom 12,513 (8.3%) had chronic cough, 38,599 (25.7%) had an acute cough with more than one cough event, and 99,119 (66.0%) had acute cough with one event in the study year. Resource use and combined costs of all healthcare contacts differed between cough groups. The healthcare cost per person-year in patients with a single record of acute cough was £739; for those with chronic cough, the cost was £3,663. CONCLUSIONS: Patients with cough represented a substantial financial burden to the NHS. It was difficult to discern the specific portion of treatment associated with cough itself. However, people with chronic cough were associated with substantially increased healthcare use and costs than were those with acute cough.
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MEDLINE
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Medicina Estatal
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Tos
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Health_economic_evaluation
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Adult
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Humans
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Curr Med Res Opin
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2021
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Article
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