The financial burden of treating patients presenting with acute and chronic cough

CONCLUSIONS: Patients with cough represented a substantial financial burden to the NHS. It was difficult to discern the specific portion of treatment associated with cough itself. However, people with chronic cough were associated with substantially increased healthcare use and costs than were those with acute cough.PMID:34543142 | DOI:10.1080/03007995.2021.1982685

Source: Current Medical Research and Opinion - September 20, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Surinder S Birring Craig J Currie Sarah E Holden Sara Jenkins-Jones Ellen R Berni Bethan Jones Thomas R Berni Haya Langerman Source Type: research