COPD as a Risk Factor in Primary Care: A Canadian Retrospective Cohort Study

This study will report the results of a series of descriptive and survival analyses compare an exposure of COPD in people over 40 years old (N=22,942) to predict the outcomes of: heart failure, depression, anxiety, coronary artery disease, diabetes, anemia, hypertension, ischemic heart disease, underweight, and osteoporosis while controlling for EHR status of: smoking, age, sex, and rurality. Results will be computed in March 2019. By the date of the ERS Congress 2019, we will be able to report the results of the aforementioned analyses, which will demonstrate the utility of using large EMR datasets to illustrate comorbid temporality managed by Canadian primary care providers.
Source: European Respiratory Journal - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Tags: General practice and primary care Source Type: research