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Patient characteristics associated with risk of first hospital admission and readmission for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) following primary care COPD diagnosis: a cohort study using linked electronic patient records

OBJECTIVES: To investigate patient characteristics of an unselected primary care population associated with risk of first hospital admission and readmission for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD). DESIGN: Retrospective open cohort using pseudonymised electronic prim...

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Autores principales: Hunter, L C, Lee, R J, Butcher, I, Weir, C J, Fischbacher, C M, McAllister, D, Wild, S H, Hewitt, N, Hardie, R M
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4735181/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26801463
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009121
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author Hunter, L C
Lee, R J
Butcher, I
Weir, C J
Fischbacher, C M
McAllister, D
Wild, S H
Hewitt, N
Hardie, R M
author_facet Hunter, L C
Lee, R J
Butcher, I
Weir, C J
Fischbacher, C M
McAllister, D
Wild, S H
Hewitt, N
Hardie, R M
author_sort Hunter, L C
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description OBJECTIVES: To investigate patient characteristics of an unselected primary care population associated with risk of first hospital admission and readmission for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD). DESIGN: Retrospective open cohort using pseudonymised electronic primary care data linked to secondary care data. SETTING: Primary care; Lothian (population approximately 800 000), Scotland. PARTICIPANTS: Data from 7002 patients from 72 general practices with a COPD diagnosis date between 2000 and 2008 recorded in their primary care record. Patients were followed up until 2010, death or they left a participating practice. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: First and subsequent admissions for AECOPD (International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 10 codes J44.0, J44.1 in any diagnostic position) after COPD diagnosis in primary care. RESULTS: 1756 (25%) patients had at least 1 AECOPD admission; 794 (11%) had at least 1 readmission and the risk of readmission increased with each admission. Older age at diagnosis, more severe COPD, low body mass index (BMI), current smoking, increasing deprivation, COPD admissions and interventions for COPD prior to diagnosis in primary care, and comorbidities were associated with higher risk of first AECOPD admission in an adjusted Cox proportional hazards regression model. More severe COPD and COPD admission prior to primary care diagnosis were associated with increased risk of AECOPD readmission in an adjusted Prentice-Williams-Peterson model. High BMI was associated with a lower risk of first AECOPD admission and readmission. CONCLUSIONS: Several patient characteristics were associated with first AECOPD admission in a primary care cohort of people with COPD but fewer were associated with readmission. Prompt diagnosis in primary care may reduce the risk of AECOPD admission and readmission. The study highlights the important role of primary care in preventing or delaying a first AECOPD admission.
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spelling pubmed-47351812016-02-09 Patient characteristics associated with risk of first hospital admission and readmission for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) following primary care COPD diagnosis: a cohort study using linked electronic patient records Hunter, L C Lee, R J Butcher, I Weir, C J Fischbacher, C M McAllister, D Wild, S H Hewitt, N Hardie, R M BMJ Open Respiratory Medicine OBJECTIVES: To investigate patient characteristics of an unselected primary care population associated with risk of first hospital admission and readmission for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD). DESIGN: Retrospective open cohort using pseudonymised electronic primary care data linked to secondary care data. SETTING: Primary care; Lothian (population approximately 800 000), Scotland. PARTICIPANTS: Data from 7002 patients from 72 general practices with a COPD diagnosis date between 2000 and 2008 recorded in their primary care record. Patients were followed up until 2010, death or they left a participating practice. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: First and subsequent admissions for AECOPD (International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 10 codes J44.0, J44.1 in any diagnostic position) after COPD diagnosis in primary care. RESULTS: 1756 (25%) patients had at least 1 AECOPD admission; 794 (11%) had at least 1 readmission and the risk of readmission increased with each admission. Older age at diagnosis, more severe COPD, low body mass index (BMI), current smoking, increasing deprivation, COPD admissions and interventions for COPD prior to diagnosis in primary care, and comorbidities were associated with higher risk of first AECOPD admission in an adjusted Cox proportional hazards regression model. More severe COPD and COPD admission prior to primary care diagnosis were associated with increased risk of AECOPD readmission in an adjusted Prentice-Williams-Peterson model. High BMI was associated with a lower risk of first AECOPD admission and readmission. CONCLUSIONS: Several patient characteristics were associated with first AECOPD admission in a primary care cohort of people with COPD but fewer were associated with readmission. Prompt diagnosis in primary care may reduce the risk of AECOPD admission and readmission. The study highlights the important role of primary care in preventing or delaying a first AECOPD admission. BMJ Publishing Group 2016-01-22 /pmc/articles/PMC4735181/ /pubmed/26801463 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009121 Text en Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://www.bmj.com/company/products-services/rights-and-licensing/ This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
spellingShingle Respiratory Medicine
Hunter, L C
Lee, R J
Butcher, I
Weir, C J
Fischbacher, C M
McAllister, D
Wild, S H
Hewitt, N
Hardie, R M
Patient characteristics associated with risk of first hospital admission and readmission for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) following primary care COPD diagnosis: a cohort study using linked electronic patient records
title Patient characteristics associated with risk of first hospital admission and readmission for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) following primary care COPD diagnosis: a cohort study using linked electronic patient records
title_full Patient characteristics associated with risk of first hospital admission and readmission for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) following primary care COPD diagnosis: a cohort study using linked electronic patient records
title_fullStr Patient characteristics associated with risk of first hospital admission and readmission for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) following primary care COPD diagnosis: a cohort study using linked electronic patient records
title_full_unstemmed Patient characteristics associated with risk of first hospital admission and readmission for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) following primary care COPD diagnosis: a cohort study using linked electronic patient records
title_short Patient characteristics associated with risk of first hospital admission and readmission for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) following primary care COPD diagnosis: a cohort study using linked electronic patient records
title_sort patient characteristics associated with risk of first hospital admission and readmission for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) following primary care copd diagnosis: a cohort study using linked electronic patient records
topic Respiratory Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4735181/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26801463
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009121
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