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Eosinophil counts in first COPD hospitalizations: a 1-year cost analysis in Quebec, Canada

BACKGROUND: Exacerbations explain much of the cost of COPD. Higher blood eosinophil cell counts at admission for acute exacerbation of COPD increase the risk of subsequent exacerbations and hospitalizations. However, there is no literature on the economic burden of patients with this inflammatory pr...

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Autores principales: Poder, Thomas G, Carrier, Nathalie, Bélanger, Maryse, Couillard, Simon, Courteau, Josiane, Larivée, Pierre, Vanasse, Alain
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6183549/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30349220
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S170747