Hospital Burden of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Hong Kong - The Trend from 2006 to 2014.

Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis · 2023 · PMC10086389 · PMID 37056684

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a decreasing trendno p-value reported

There was also a decreasing trend of severity of disease as reflected by lower NIV use (after year 2010) and lower mortality rate due to COPD.

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an increasing trendno p-value reported

We observed an increasing trend of mortality due to pneumonia in COPD patients.

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may not be significantno p-value reported

It appeared that the air quality of HK showed some, though may not be significant, improvement over the study period.

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showed a trendno p-value reported

The HC with the first admission in 2007 (defined as 2007 cohort) and the subsequent years (2008 to 2014 cohorts) showed a trend of reducing numbers over the years.

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