Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on COPD Patient Mortality: A Nationwide Study in France

• Main Authors: Jonas Poucineau (Author), Myriam Khlat (Author), Nathanaël Lapidus (Author), Maude Espagnacq (Author), Christos Chouaïd (Author), Tristan Delory (Author), Sophie Le Coeur (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives: We investigated the mortality patterns of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients in France relative to a control population, comparing year 2020 to pre-pandemic years 2017-2019.Methods: COPD patient and sex, age and residence matched control cohorts were created from the F...