Decreasing COPD-related incidences and hospital admissions in a German health insurance population

Abstract Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with smoking and work-related health hazards. Most studies have reported prevalences, and the number of studies examining incidences and social inequalities is small. We analyzed the development of social inequalities of COPD-incide...

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Main Authors: Siegfried Geyer, Juliane Tetzlaff, Stefanie Sperlich, Batoul Safieddine, Jelena Epping, Sveja Eberhard, Jona Stahmeyer, Johannes Beller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-48554-y