Collinsworth Ashley W, Masica Andrew L, Kudyakov Rustam, Bayer Valentina, Millard Mark W, Shaikh Asif
Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas, Texas.
Texas Health Resources, Arlington, Texas.
Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2022 Jul 19;35(6):737-745. doi: 10.1080/08998280.2022.2096370. eCollection 2022.
Limited data exist on asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) management-major drivers of healthcare resource utilization (HCRU) in the USA. We describe prevalence and exacerbation rates, therapeutic interventions, and HCRU for asthma and/or COPD within a large, integrated healthcare system. Patients with asthma, COPD, and asthma + COPD were identified from retrospective electronic health record data (2016-2018) of >1.7 million patients. Descriptive analysis of disease prevalence and exacerbation frequencies, pharmacotherapies, and HCRU was performed. Time-to-event analysis of time to first exacerbation was performed in patients with asthma and/or COPD. Exacerbation rates, pharmacotherapies, and HCRU were examined by exploratory analysis in an outpatient subset. Overall, 149,086 unique patients (8.6%) had encounters for asthma, COPD, or asthma + COPD. Acute care utilization was high, including emergency department visits (asthma, 52.9%; COPD, 35.1%) and hospitalizations (asthma, 26.7%; COPD, 65.7%). Many patients were prescribed short-acting therapies (asthma, 45.3%; COPD, 40.0%; asthma + COPD, 54.7%). Prescription rates for maintenance therapies were low (17.1%, 20.8%, 31.7%) and annual exacerbation rates were 0.65, 0.80, and 1.33. This analysis showed a substantive prevalence of pulmonary disease, variability between documented prescriptions and pharmacotherapy guidelines, and high HCRU. Appropriate tailoring of pharmacotherapies and management of asthma and COPD over a continuum are opportunities to improve patient care.
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