Study type

Study topic

Disease /health condition
Other

Study topic, other

Healthcare consumption and cost

Study type

Non-interventional study

Scope of the study

Disease epidemiology
Healthcare resource utilisation

Data collection methods

Secondary data collection
Non-interventional study

Non-interventional study design

Cohort
Other

Non-interventional study design, other

Healthcare cost
Study drug and medical condition

Medical condition to be studied

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Population studied

Short description of the study population

Patients aged over 45 years with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) identified from French national health insurance database (EGB).

Age groups

Adults (46 to < 65 years)
Adults (65 to < 75 years)
Adults (75 to < 85 years)
Adults (85 years and over)

Special population of interest

Other

Special population of interest, other

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients

Estimated number of subjects

5000
Study design details

Main study objective

to define the support in 2006 and in 2011 of patients aged over 45 years with COPD (characteristics of patients, consumption, individual costs, factors associated with high costs and with repeated hospitalizations related to the disease).

Outcomes

support in 2006 and in 2011 of patients aged over 45 years with COPD, longitudinal analysis of the support over the period of six years. healthcare consumption and cost according to comorbidities (cardiovascular, psychiatric, diabetes).

Data analysis plan

Longitudinal analyzes where a single patient population is followed from 2006 to 2011.Transversal analyzes of two cohorts recruited on the same criteria in 2005 and 2010, about their health care consumption over the next 12 months
Documents
Study publications
Laforest L, Roche N, Devouassoux G, Belhassen M, Chouaid C, Ginoux M, Van Ganse…