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Table 3 Evaluation of Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) for Hospitalisations in Other Regions 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

11

3

3

17

 

Cost

€ 15,178.4

€ 2,169.48

€ 2,952.07

€ 20,299.95

Chronic bronchitis

Admissions

306

303

288

897

 

Cost

€ 712,055.71

€ 753,420.51

€ 736,917.83

€ 2,202,394.05

Emphysema

Admissions

21

15

18

54

 

Cost

€ 85,079.93

€ 57,816.16

€ 148,000.74

€ 290,896.83

Asthma

Admissions

137

117

119

373

 

Cost

€ 166,621.48

€ 132,705.52

€ 130,916.59

€ 430,243.59

Bronchiectasis

Admissions

29

35

25

89

 

Cost

€ 83,037.26

€ 100,831.61

€ 117,033.46

€ 300,902.33

Chronic airway obstruction not elsewhere classified

Admissions

5

1

4

10

 

Cost

€ 16,861.42

€ 2,345.28

€ 5,318.35

€ 24,525.05

Acute respiratory failure

Admissions

259

161

138

558

 

Cost

€ 1,526,925.19

€ 1,001,694.14

€ 1,003,137.13

€ 3,531,756.46

Total

Admissions

768

635

595

1998

 

Cost

€ 2,605,759.39

€ 2,050,982.70

€ 2,144,276.17

€ 6,801,018.26