Treatment Patterns, Socioeconomic Status and Clinical Burden in Mild COPD: A Swedish Real-World, Retrospective Cohort Study, the ARCTIC Study.
Kjell LarssonKarin LisspersBjörn StällbergGunnar JohanssonFlorian S GutzwillerKaren MezziBine Kjoeller BjerregaardLeif JorgensenHyewon KooChrister JanssonPublished in: International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2022)
Mild COPD presents a considerable socioeconomic and clinical burden compared with reference controls The findings suggest that COPD constitutes a condition that influences health status even in mild disease clearly demanding an increased need for early detection and treatment.