Clareo Health | A Study Based on Health Insurance Data About the Treatment of Patients Who Have Been Newly Diagnosed With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
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Lead
Boehringer Ingelheim
Age
40–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
All patients who were continuously insured by the sickness fund for the entire period (01/01/2013-30/06/2018) or, in case a patient deceased after index date, for the time until death
A patient will be included as an incident COPD patient if either a hospital documented at least one COPD diagnosis (International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10 J 44.-) or a specialist (pneumologist) documented at least 2 confirmed COPD diagnoses (above ICD-10) code) in two different quarters; the first of the above diagnoses is defined as index diagnosis; inclusion period is defined as lasting from 01/01/2014 until 30/06/2017
Patients should not have received any COPD diagnosis (ICD-10 J44.-) or any COPD-associated medication in the 12 months pre-index period
Patient should have, at date of incident COPD diagnosis (index date), an age of at least 40 years
You may not be if
Patients received , at least one confirmed inpatient asthma diagnosis or two confirmed outpatient diagnoses of asthma (ICD-10: J45) by pneumologists
