… In 2010, the cost of COPD in the USA was projected to be … the Global initiative for chronic
Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD), … comorbidities such as diabetes and coronary artery disease …

… costs reported in this study reinforce the existing reports that regardless of etiology, PH is a
costly disease … PH patients with comorbid COPD (17 of 28 respondents) or comorbid IPF (20 …

… severity according to global initiative for chronic obstructive lung disease (GOLD) stage was…
influence on the cost of comorbidities, although we did evaluate Charlson comorbidity index, …

… comorbidities associated with COPD vary substantially 8 and studies investigating COPD
and comorbidities … Although it is unsurprising for comorbidities to increase healthcare costs, …

… Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) classifies COPD based on … comorbidities in both
cohorts were hypertension (57.6% low group vs 63.5% high group), ischemic heart disease (…

… the number of comorbidities affects the overall cost. Mannino … burden of COPD patients
when certain comorbidities were … to lower the cost of care in patients diagnosed with COPD. …

… To model nonadditive costs associated with comorbidity, we interacted the disease indicators
in order to identify when an individual had both diseases. It was not possible to include all …

… other), and selected baseline comorbidities that were not related to SSc and with … ILD, such
as SSc-related comorbidities, baseline HRU, or baseline costs, were not included as control …

… costs associated with COPD are due to comorbid conditions.3 Menn et al.49 examined the
direct medical costs in COPD (costs … index (comorbidities in chronic obstructive lung disease)…

… generalizable due to more comorbidity and polypharmacy in … of adherence, comorbidity and
ADRs on the cost-effectiveness can … Lung Disease (GOLD) defines four categories of COPD …