The financial burden of treating patients presenting with acute and chronic cough.
Surinder Singh BirringerCraig J CurrieSarah E HoldenSara Jenkins-JonesEllen R BerniBethan JonesThomas R BerniHaya LangermanPublished in: Current medical research and opinion (2021)
Patients with cough represented a substantial financial burden to the NHS. It was difficult to discern the specific portion of treatment associated with cough itself. However, people with chronic cough were associated with substantially increased healthcare use and costs than were those with acute cough.