Table 4 Use of health resources during the previous year in patients with COPD in function of the presence or the absence of associated heart disease*.
Health resources | Patients without heart disease (n = 7,620) | Patients with heart disease (n = 1,770) | p |
|---|---|---|---|
No. of visits to the primary care doctor | 6.48 ± 5.51 | 7.75 ± 6.59 | < 0.05 |
No. of visits to the pneumology clinics | 1.36 ± 1.40 | 1.79 ± 2.01 | < 0.05 |
No. of visits to emergency departments | 1.83 ± 0.83 | 2.10 ± 0.94 | < 0.05 |
No. of hospital admissions | 0.40 ± 1.10 | 0.90 ± 1.50 | < 0.05 |
Length of hospital stay (days) | 6.09 ± 10.32 | 11.82 ± 14.99 | < 0.05 |