The Projected Epidemic of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Hospitalizations over the Next 15 Years. A Population-based Perspective

Amir Khakban; Don D Sin; J Mark FitzGerald; Bruce M McManus; Raymond Ng; Zsuzsanna Hollander; Mohsen Sadatsafavi

doi:10.1164/rccm.201606-1162PP

The Projected Epidemic of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Hospitalizations over the Next 15 Years. A Population-based Perspective

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017 Feb 1;195(3):287-291. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201606-1162PP.

Authors

Amir Khakban^{1

2}, Don D Sin^{3

2

4}, J Mark FitzGerald^{3

5

2}, Bruce M McManus^{6

7

2

4}, Raymond Ng^{7

8

2

4}, Zsuzsanna Hollander^{7

2

4}, Mohsen Sadatsafavi^{1

3

5

2}

Affiliations

¹ 1 Collaboration for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
² 2 Institute for Heart and Lung Health, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and.
³ 4 Department of Medicine (Respiratory Division).
⁴ 3 Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
⁵ 5 Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation.
⁶ 6 Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
⁷ 7 Centre of Excellence for Prevention of Organ Failure (PROOF), and.
⁸ 8 Department of Computer Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

PMID: 27626508
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201606-1162PP

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Forecasting*
Global Health
Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Population Surveillance*
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / epidemiology*

Grants and funding

CIHR/Canada