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Burden of concomitant asthma and COPD in a Medicaid population.
Chest - 1 Jul 2008
Shaya Fadia T, Dongyi Du, Akazawa Manabu O, Blanchette Christopher M, Wang Jingshu, Mapel Douglas W, Dalal Anand, Scharf Steven M
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BACKGROUND: Asthma and COPD can significantly affect patients and pose a substantial economic burden for both patients and managed-care plans. This study compares utilization outcomes in patients with asthma, COPD, or co-occurring asthma and COPD in a Medicaid population, and assesses the incremental burden of COPD in patients with asthma. METHODS: We queried medical claims of Medicaid patients aged 40 to 64...
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