Overview of Hospitalizations among Patients with COPD, 2008

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This Statistical Brief presents data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) comparing patient characteristics and hospital utilization among patients 40 years and older for all COPD stays, including stays for an acute exacerbation of COPD and stays without an acute exacerbation (i.e., all other COPD stays). In addition, this report examines the secondary diagnoses commonly associated with a principal diagnosis of COPD, the principal diagnoses of patients who have COPD as a secondary diagnosis, and the procedures that are frequently performed during stays for COPD. All differences between estimates noted in the text are statistically significant at the 0.05 level or better.