Comorbidity profile of patients with concurrent diagnoses of asthma and COPD in Germany

Abstract The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of concurrent diagnoses of asthma/COPD and examine its full spectrum of comorbid disorders in Germany. We used nationwide outpatient claims data comprising diagnoses of all statutory health insurees (40+ years) in 2017 (N = 40,477,745). T...

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Main Authors: Manas K. Akmatov, Tatiana Ermakova, Jakob Holstiege, Annika Steffen, Dominik von Stillfried, Jörg Bätzing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-74966-1