Hospital admission rates for COPD, asthma increase by 59% in UK
Hospital admission rates for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma increased by 59.1% in England and Wales between 1999 and 2020, a 21-year follow-up study reported. COPD accompanied by acute lower respiratory infection accounted for 38.7% of hospital admissions, and more than half of admitted patients…