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SUBMITTER: Atsou K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4915708 | biostudies-other | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Atsou Kokuvi K Crequit Perrine P Chouaid Christos C Hejblum Gilles G
PloS one 20160621 6
<h4>Background</h4>The medico-economic impact of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is poorly documented.<h4>Objective</h4>To estimate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of pulmonary rehabilitation in a hypothetical cohort of COPD patients.<h4>Methods</h4>We used a multi-state Markov model, adopting society's perspective. Simulated cohorts of French GOLD stage 2 to 4 COPD patients with and without pulmonary rehabilitation were compared in ...[more]