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Table 2 Evaluation of Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) for Hospitalisations in Puglia of COPD Patients Resident in Puglia, Years 2005-2007

From: Epidemiology and costs of hospital care for COPD in PugliaEpidemiologia e costi delle ospedalizzazioni per BPCO in Puglia

Diagnosis

Evaluation

Year

Total

  

2005

2006

2007

 

Bronchitis not specified as acute or chronic

Admissions

252

270

241

763

 

Cost

€ 378,666.80

€ 437,565.29

€ 373,687.03

€ 1,189,919.12

Chronic bronchitis

Admissions

14,619

13,103

12,538

40,260

 

Cost

€ 38,990,293.91

€ 36,616,473.75

€ 35,640,432.98

€ 111,247,200.64

Emphysema

Admissions

173

182

171

526

 

Cost

€ 539,249.61

€ 629,438.25

€ 576,284.00

€ 1,744,971.86

Asthma

Admissions

2,585

2,668

2,638

7,891

 

Cost

€ 3,247,305.11

€ 3,469,986.49

€ 3,209,752.01

€ 9,927,043.61

Bronchiectasis

Admissions

226

244

228

698

 

Cost

€ 697,580.92

€ 744,569,81

€ 719,021.7

€ 2,161,172.43

Chronic airway obstruction not elsewhere classified

Admissions

40

24

15

79

 

Cost

€ 100,431.96

€ 66,987.17

€ 41,625.4

€ 209,044.53

Acute respiratory failure

Admissions

7,795

7,662

8,047

23,504

 

Cost

€ 43,485,726.66

€ 45,826,994.88

€ 49,700,090.86

€ 139,012,812.40

Total

Admissions

25,690

24,153

23,878

73,721

 

Cost

87,439,254.97

87,792,015.64

90,260,893.98

265,492,164.59