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Characteristics of COPD Patients Enrolled into Rehabilitation Programme in Copenhagen

Table 1

Medical characteristics of COPD patients from different groups.
OutcomeRehabilitation group
( )		Comparison group
( )		P value
COPD emergency visits, median (5% percentile; 95% percentile)0 (0; 3)0 (0; 2)0.48
COPD hospitalisations*, median (5% percentile; 95% percentile)0 (0; 5)0 (0; 2)0.14
COPD bed days**, median (5% percentile; 95% percentile)0 (0; 18)0 (0; 15)0.14
COPD outpatient visits, median (5% percentile; 95% percentile)0 (0; 15)0 (0; 8)0.53
GP visits***, (5% percentile; 95% percentile)21.5 (4; 60)22 (4; 64)0.90
COPD medicine summary DDD, (5% percentile; 95% percentile)743 (0; 3703)480 (0; 3515)0.0002
n: sample size; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; GP: general practitioner; DDD: defined daily dose.
*A number of times person was admitted into a hospital with COPD diagnosis; **a number of days person spent in a hospital during one admission; ***not disease specific.