Differences of Patients with COPD in Two Major Provinces

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the demographic characteristics of the patients in our two major cities, Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital in our country. Methods: In 2015-2017, Chi-square test was used to compare the demographic characteristics of...

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Published in:Turkish Thoracic Journal 2019-08, Vol.20 (1), p.119-119
Main Authors: Yalniz, Enver, Altin, Sedat, Uslu, Ozgur, Yalniz, Ozlem, Kalkan, Nurdan, Gunluoglu, Gulsah, Bolat, Erkut
Format: Article
Language:eng ; tur
Subjects:
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Emergency medical care
Females
Males
Patients
Thoracic surgery
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Summary:Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the demographic characteristics of the patients in our two major cities, Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital in our country. Methods: In 2015-2017, Chi-square test was used to compare the demographic characteristics of patients with COPD with J44 code under the ICD10 code. Results: In 2015-2017, SBU Izmir Suat Seren Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery SUAM (Hospital-1) 54,805 people with COPD diagnosis 129.718, SBU Istanbul Yedikule Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery SUAM (Hospital-2) 94.095 people with COPD and 305.436 outpatient services. Per person application was found much more at Hospital-2 (p
ISSN:2149-2530
2149-2530
2979-9139
DOI:10.5152/TurkThoracJ.2019.119