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Predicting Future Health Risk in COPD: Differential Impact of Disease-Specific and Multi-Morbidity-Based Risk Stratification.

David GrovesUrvee KarsanjiRachael A EvansNeil GreeningSally J SinghJennifer Kathleen QuintHannah WhittakerMatthew RichardsonJames BarrettStephen P SutchMichael C Steiner
Published in: International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2021)
Stratification of future health risk in COPD can be undertaken using clinical and demographic data recorded in primary care, but the impact of disease severity and multi-morbidity varies depending on the choice of health outcome. A more comprehensive risk modelling algorithm such as ACG offers enhanced prediction for hospitalisation by incorporating a wider range of coded diagnoses.
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